Bukele’s government has arrested more than 84,000 people, sometimes without due process, since 2022 as part of his crackdown on gang violence in the

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON -More than 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang have been deported by the U.S. and sent to El Salvador where they were taken to a high-security prison, the Salvadoran president said on Sunday.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele for accepting foreign gang members for detention in his country as the Trump administration aims to crack down on foreign gangs.