More Than 250 Tren de Aragua Gang Members Deported to El Salvador Prison: Rubio

The United States has designated the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang as a terrorist organization.

Salvadoran police escort alleged members of the Tren de Aragua, in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via Reuters

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 16 that the Trump administration had sent more than 250 Venezuelans accused of being members of the Tren de Aragua gang to a prison in El Salvador amid an active federal court ruling ordering the deportation flights to cease.

Rubio said El Salvador has agreed to hold the gang members “in their very good jails at a fair price that will also save ... taxpayer dollars,” in a statement posted on social media platform X.