Trump Administration’s Secret Control Over Deportees in Salvadoran Prison Exposed

The Trump administration is facing fresh scrutiny after documents revealed that it retains control over Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador’s infamous Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), despite public claims to the contrary. This disclosure, admitted by Salvadoran officials in filings to United Nations investigators, exposes a troubling pattern of government overreach masked by misleading statements.Salvadoran authorities told the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights that legal responsibility and jurisdiction over these individuals belong solely to El Salvador. However, lawyers representing more than 100 migrants challenge this assertion, citing evidence that contradicts both U.S. and Salvadoran public declarations.In...