The USA They departed about 200 suspects as members of the Venezuelan Gang Tren de Aragua in Salvador, where they were taken to a highest security prison. For this expulsion, the Donald Trump He cited a law of 1798 that has been established for a period of war.

Following the appeal of organizations to defend human rights against the invocation of the law on foreigners and attitude last used during World War II for the detention of the Japanese, a federal judge ordered the suspension of deportations for 14 days. It has not been clarified whether the three aircraft transported by gang members, which was described by Washington “terrorist organization”, had already taken off before the announcement of the court ruling or not.

“Today, a first group of 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua has arrived in our country. They were immediately transferred to the Terrorist Detention Center (CECOT) for a renewable period of one year, Salvador Nayyib Bouquel said in X.

“Thanks to Salvador,” Donald Trump, who signed the deduction order on Friday, citing the law on foreigners and 1798, was replied to the Truth Social platform on Friday, but the announcement was made yesterday.

The law, which allows the US president in times of war to decide to arrest or expulsive to nationals of hostile countries, has so far been used three times, mainly during the two world wars.

In February, Donald Trump’s government described Tren de Aragua as a “terrorist organization” that is a threat to the security of the United States.

In the deportation order, Trump states that Tren de Aragua “is waging an unorthodox war against the United States’ territory, both directly and under the guidance of the Maduro regime.

The decision makes all members of the Tren de Aragua gang “candidate for immediate arrest, detention or expulsion”.

Responding to Caracas, he denounced a decision by the US government that “criminalizes Venezuelan immigration against Venezuelan.”

The organization to defend ACLU human rights and the Democracy Forward have called on a Washington court (Columbia region) to ban deportations on the grounds that the law of 1798 is not intended to be used in times of peace.

Yesterday, a federal judge ordered the suspension of deportations for 14 days. The decision was criticized by Justice Minister Pam Bodi because it “endangers the public and the forces of the class”.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said today that along with members of Tren de Aragua, the United States departed to Salvador and 23 MS-13 members to be tried.

The Tren de Aragua gang was created in 2014 in the Venezuelan Tokoron prison in the province of Aragua. It is involved in murders, kidnappings, robberies, drug trafficking, prostitution, blackmail and trafficking.

Its activities are spread out in many countries of the American continent, including the US, Colombia, Chile and Peru, according to information services.