Central America
U.S. sends alleged Tren de Aragua members to El Salvador without solid evidence
This Sunday, Donald Trump’s administration deported more than 200 Venezuelans to El Salvador under the protection of a century-old law known as the Enemy Alien Act.
Trump also mentioned the name of an organization that has been in the spotlight in recent months: Tren de Aragua.
According to the White House, most of the deported Venezuelans, who were sent to the Cecot mega-prison in El Salvador, were members of this criminal organization, which originated in Venezuelan prisons and has since expanded internationally.
However, despite multiple requests, Washington never provided solid evidence confirming the deportees’ connection to the criminal group. The controversial law behind these deportations can be invoked if the country is at war with another nation or if a foreign government has invaded or threatened to invade U.S. territory.
Trump used the latter premise to justify his decision, arguing that the Tren de Aragua organization was “perpetrating, attempting, and threatening an invasion or predatory incursion against the United States.”
In January of this year, the U.S. government declared Tren de Aragua a “terrorist organization.”
Central America
Mexican authorities arrest salvadoran gang member wanted for terrorism charges
Elements of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar), the National Guard (GN), the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), and the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) arrested Francisco Javier Román Bardales in Veracruz, one of the FBI’s ten most wanted fugitives in the United States.
The capture took place in the town of Baxtla as a result of intelligence efforts and binational cooperation between Mexico and the United States. According to authorities, the FBI has charged him with conspiracy to provide and conceal material support and resources to terrorists, narcoterrorism conspiracy, organized crime, and human trafficking.
After identifying Francisco Javier’s movement patterns, “with the gathered intelligence, surveillance teams were deployed for fixed, mobile, and discreet monitoring. On the Teocelo-Baxtla highway, they identified Francisco Javier ‘N,’ confirmed his identity, and proceeded with his arrest.”
During his capture, he was informed of the charges against him and his rights were read. He was then transported to Mexico City, where he will remain in custody before his extradition to the United States.
According to intelligence reports, the detainee, a Salvadoran national, is allegedly linked to the criminal organization known as Mara Salvatrucha, a gang with international reach.
Central America
Guatemalan authorities arrest salvadoran gang member for mayor’s murder
Guatemalan authorities announced on Sunday the arrest of a suspected Salvadoran gang member accused of involvement in the murder of a mayor from a predominantly Indigenous town. This marks the second arrest related to the killing, which took place in February.
“Investigators” from the National Civil Police (PNC) “captured the second suspect involved in the armed attack that resulted in the death of the mayor of Chuarrancho,” the PNC stated on its X account.
The arrested individual has been identified as Óscar Alfredo Martínez, a 31-year-old Salvadoran allegedly affiliated with the Barrio 18 gang and known by the alias “El Guanaco”, according to the PNC.
Authorities believe Martínez was involved in the February 26 killing of Gerson Saul Ajcúc Xot, mayor of Chuarrancho, a farming municipality located approximately 30 km from Guatemala City.
The 49-year-old mayor was shot dead while driving on one of the main roads leading to the capital.
Central America
Over 8,000 Hondurans Deported in 2025, Including 389 Children
More than 8,000 Hondurans, 11.7% of whom are minors, have been deported to their home country in 2025, marking a 1.6% increase compared to 2024, according to figures from the Honduran National Migration Institute (INM), reported on Friday by EFE.
Official statistics show that last year, 133 fewer people were deported than the 8,174 returned between January 1 and March 13, 2025.
Of these deportations, the United States has sent back 3,375 Hondurans, of which 389 are children, including some unaccompanied minors, according to the INM report.
Guatemalan authorities have also returned 3,308 Hondurans who were living illegally, with 707 minors among them, the report added.
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