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US unveils new framework trade deals with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador and Guatemala

November 14, 2025 8:15 am

Subsequent details will be released in coming weeks after the framework deals are finalised.

Venezuelan men expelled to El Salvador megaprison faced ‘state-sanctioned torture’, say lawyers

July 27, 2025 12:16 pm

Survivors describe beatings, isolation, and inhumane conditions after US deportation under Trump-Maduro deal.

Maryland congressman denied access to see Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported to El Salvador

May 27, 2025 9:04 am

Representative Glenn Ivey, a Democrat, had traveled to El Salvador to meet Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is being held in the notorious CECOT prison for gang members.

Trump says he 'could' bring Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador but won't despite Supreme Court ruling

May 01, 2025 6:19 am

President Trump blamed the US government’s lawyer and said he shouldn’t have said that it was a mistake to send Garcia back and claimed that Garcia is a member of the criminal MS-13 gang.

El Salvador proposes prisoner swap with Venezuela involving US-deported migrants

April 21, 2025 10:08 am

President Nayib Bukele made a direct appeal to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on social media platform X.

US Supreme Court temporarily blocks deportation of detained Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act

April 20, 2025 5:19 am

The court made the decision after the men made an appeal stating that they faced imminent deportation under the wartime law without the judicial review the justices previously ordered.

Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, US man with no criminal charges deported to El Salvador?

April 19, 2025 4:39 pm

A sheet metal apprentice with over a decade in the US, Abrego Garcia was deported under the Trump administration over unsubstantiated claims of MS-13 gang affiliation.

Maryland Senator Van Hollen meets with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador amid court fight over US return

April 18, 2025 7:05 pm

A Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland, Abrego Garcia was sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court order preventing his deportation.

Trump says he wants to imprison US citizens in El Salvador. That's likely illegal

April 15, 2025 7:23 am

A second case highlights the risks of sending people to El Salvador. The administration admits it sent a Maryland man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, erroneously to El Salvador.

El Salvador president says Maryland man wrongfully deported will not be returned to US in meeting with Trump

April 15, 2025 5:42 am

The Trump administration has told US District Judge Paula Xinis that it cannot bring the Maryland man back as it “does not have authority to forcibly extract” Abrego Garcia.