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The absurdity of the modern world continues unabated. A plane carrying over 200 Venezuelans, unceremoniously deported by the United States, has touched down in El Salvador. This, we are told, is in apparent defiance of a US judge's order prohibiting the Trump administration from carrying out such an act.
One can almost hear the collective tut-tutting of the liberal establishment from here.
El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, took to social media to announce the arrival of 238 members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and 23 members of the Mexican gang MS-13 on Sunday morning. Their appearance in this Central American nation came mere hours after a federal judge blocked President Trump from invoking a wartime law dating back to 1798 to justify the deportations. Bukele, with a wry smirk no doubt, later posted: "Oopsie... Too late."
The detainees, Bukele informs us, were promptly whisked away to El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center "for a period of one year" - a stint that is, apparently, "renewable." One wonders if they will ever see the light of day again. "The United States will pay a very low fee for them, but a high one for us," he added, a statement dripping with implication.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the alleged gang members' arrival and thanked Bukele, dubbing him "the strongest security leader in our region." High praise indeed. Yet hours before, on Saturday evening, US District Judge James Boasberg had ordered a halt to deportations covered by Trump's proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 - a law allowing the government to detain and deport those threatening the nation's safety without due process. After hearing planes with deportees were taking off, Judge Boasberg demanded they be turned back, according to the Washington Post.
A video accompanying one of Bukele's posts shows lines of shackled individuals, hands and feet bound, escorted by armed officials from the plane. Some are bundled into the back of armored vehicles. In January, Trump signed an executive order declaring Tren de Aragua and MS-13 foreign terrorist organisations. And so the great game of nations continues, with the lives of the wretched caught in the middle.
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El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, took to social media to announce the arrival of 238 members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and 23 members of the Mexican gang MS-13 on Sunday morning. Their appearance in this Central American nation came mere hours after a federal judge blocked President Trump from invoking a wartime law dating back to 1798 to justify the deportations. Bukele, with a wry smirk no doubt, later posted: "Oopsie... Too late."
The detainees, Bukele informs us, were promptly whisked away to El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center "for a period of one year" - a stint that is, apparently, "renewable." One wonders if they will ever see the light of day again. "The United States will pay a very low fee for them, but a high one for us," he added, a statement dripping with implication.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the alleged gang members' arrival and thanked Bukele, dubbing him "the strongest security leader in our region." High praise indeed. Yet hours before, on Saturday evening, US District Judge James Boasberg had ordered a halt to deportations covered by Trump's proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 - a law allowing the government to detain and deport those threatening the nation's safety without due process. After hearing planes with deportees were taking off, Judge Boasberg demanded they be turned back, according to the Washington Post.
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A video accompanying one of Bukele's posts shows lines of shackled individuals, hands and feet bound, escorted by armed officials from the plane. Some are bundled into the back of armored vehicles. In January, Trump signed an executive order declaring Tren de Aragua and MS-13 foreign terrorist organisations. And so the great game of nations continues, with the lives of the wretched caught in the middle.
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