U.S. removes hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members under now-blocked authority

The United States has removed hundreds of alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua using now-blocked authority from the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday. "Hundreds of violent criminals were sent out of our country," Rubio said in a statement. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said in a post on X that 238 alleged members of the Venezuelan gang had arrived in his country and were immediately transferred to a "Terrorism Confinement Center" for a one-year period that could be renewed.