A lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union provides evidence of a scoring system used by authorities to decide whether migrants are gang members who could be deported
The 532,000 migrants who entered the country under the protection program that President Trump has repealed have one month to return or may face ‘adverse consequences’
The U.S. administration is demanding the lifting of the ban on using an 18th-century law of war to expel irregular migrants without judicial oversight
The US Secretary of State considers Caracas’ sovereignty claims over the Essequibo region to be illegitimate, and expresses support for the small oil-rich nation where ExxonMobil operates
Kristi Noem showcases her support for the Salvadoran president and visits the center where the 200 Venezuelans deported in mid-March are being held
The criminalization of migrants, the uncertainty surrounding sanctions against the Venezuelan government, and the US president’s interests further exacerbate the country’s political crisis
A Salvadoran law firm hired by the Maduro government says there is no legal basis for keeping Trump’s deportees in prison
The Maduro government is threatening to take legal action against what it considers a violation of international trade laws
The Republican administration will revoke the legal status with which hundreds of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua have entered the country since 2022
The gang member, deported Sunday, is a founder member of the Ranfla Nacional, the criminal high command that negotiated homicide reductions in exchange for prison benefits with several Salvadoran governments, including Bukele’s
The criminalization of Venezuelans sent to El Salvador heightens the vulnerability of a group of 600,000 people who are without consular assistance
Families recognize their loved ones in videos from the Salvadoran prison where the US deported nearly 300 people with alleged ties to the Tren de Aragua gang. Some have clean criminal records. No one knows if they’ll be able to return home
Jerce Reyes Barrios’ lawyer claims that the famous club’s logo and a hand gesture were enough for authorities to accuse her client, a kids’ soccer coach, of belonging to the Tren de Aragua gang
Relatives of the deportees transferred by Trump to Nayib Bukele’s mega-prison deny that they are criminals: ‘Not everyone belongs to Tren de Aragua’
Jorge Rodríguez, president of the Assembly and Maduro’s main political operative, says that the laws promoted by Donald Trump are comparable to ‘the racial laws of Nazi Germany’
The judge blocked the application of an 18th-century law that Trump invoked to deport detainees linked to the Tren de Aragua criminal organization. The case may now head to the Supreme Court
Couples with a foreign-born partner are marrying as the safest and most affordable way to stay together long-term, rather than applying for another, more expensive and less reliable type of visa
ICE has returned to US territory the 40 undocumented immigrants who still remained at the naval base
The Maduro government is accusing the oil company of lobbying to facilitate competitor Chevron’s departure from Venezuela, while also claiming multi-billion-dollar oil wells in Guyana as its own
There are almost 42,000 people in custody, 4,000 more than before the arrival of the new administration. Detention centers are at 109% of their capacity
EL PAÍS visits some of the city’s hotels that have been converted into shelters for undocumented people. Elon Musk is targeting these facilities, while the mayor has promised to close 53 of them before June
I am the legitimate president elected by more than 7.5 million Venezuelans, but today, I am just another ordinary citizen. Just like thousands of my compatriots, I have a relative who has been kidnapped by the state
The slight economic growth of recent years could be hampered by fiscal imbalances
A family was caught in the crossfire between two armed groups fighting over the area. They had returned a week earlier, after a month displaced, and left again with grief in their souls and no hope for the future
In an exclusive interview with EL PAÍS, the president of Colombia analyzes the difficult situation within his government, the confrontation with Trump, and assures that being head of state is ‘absolute unhappiness’
The Republican administration boasts that daily arrests at the border have fallen below 200, a figure not seen in 15 years
The author of ‘Freedom is a Feast’ tackles the political evolution of Venezuela through a fast-paced narrative, aiming to reconcile his personal connection with his homeland
