At El Salvador mega-jail, Trump official (Noem) tells migrants 'do not come'

Source: Agence France-Presse

At El Salvador mega-jail, Trump official tells migrants 'do not come'

Issued on: 27/03/2025 - 00:49
Modified: 27/03/2025 - 05:06

San Salvador (AFP) – US President Donald Trump's homeland security chief on Wednesday visited the mega-prison in El Salvador where hundreds of Venezuelan migrants have been deported under contested legal grounds.

Standing in front of a cell of inmates who were stripped to the waist, revealing their tattooed torsos, Kristi Noem recorded a message telling others that they risked the same consequences.

"Do not come to our country illegally. You will be removed and you will be prosecuted," she said at the maximum security Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).

"Know that this facility is one of the tools in our toolkit that we will use if you commit crimes against the American people."

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