Over the last month, the Trump administration has sent over 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador to be detained in a notorious mega-prison with a track record of human rights abuses. An official with the U.

The Trump administration deported more alleged Venezuelan and MS-13 gang members to El Salvador over the weekend, the U.S. State Department said on Monday, even as questions arose in a legal challenge over the process to determine gang members.

In a joint military operation with the United States, 17 alleged members of the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs were transferred on Monday from the U.S. to the high-security prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador.