Overview

• Nayib Bukele announced a proposal to repatriate 252 Venezuelans deported from the U.S. in exchange for 252 political prisoners detained in Venezuela.
• The detainees in El Salvador were transferred under the U.S. Alien Enemies Act and are held in the controversial CECOT mega-prison.
• The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a stay on further deportations of Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act, citing legal challenges.
• El Salvador's Catholic Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas criticized the arrangement, warning against turning the country into a 'Guantanamo-style' detention center.
• Human rights organizations and families of detainees dispute the gang affiliations of those deported, citing profiling and lack of evidence.