Tag: Confinement Center for Terrorism (CECOT)

• Monday, March 24th 2025 - 08:59 UTC

  Maduro agrees to Trump’s repatriation flights for deported Venezuelans

  

  Venezuela has agreed with the US Trump administration to resume repatriation flights for deported Venezuelan nationals, officials announced confirming first flights on Sunday. Jorge Rodriguez, Venezuela's National Assembly President said the goal was to “ensure the return of our countrymen with the protection of their human rights.”

• Wednesday, March 19th 2025 - 10:47 UTC

  Caracas warns against US travel

  

  Venezuela's Bolivarian Government issued earlier this week a travel advisory warning its citizens against visiting the United States following Washington's deportation of many Tren de Aragua gang members to El Salvador's maximum security Cecot prison.

• Monday, March 17th 2025 - 12:43 UTC

  US convicts transferred to El Salvador's maximum security Cecot prison

  

  Salvadoran authorities Sunday received 238 members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua and 23 members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gangs, expelled from the United States under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, a law unused since World War II. President Nayib Bukele acknowledged their arrival and immediate transfer to the maximum-security Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot), built in 2023 to house high-profile criminals.

• Monday, June 17th 2024 - 07:11 UTC

  Argentina's Security Minister gets first-hand glimpse of “Bukele Model”

  

  Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich Sunday visited El Salvador's controversial Confinement Center for Terrorism (CECOT), probably seeking to replicate the model in her country, it was reported. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele had told her he was open to giving Argentina any assistance it might need regarding security issues.