{"id":2415825,"date":"2025-03-26T19:58:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T23:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/noem-visits-deported-tren-de-aragua-members-in-el-salvador-prison-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T19:59:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T23:59:04","slug":"noem-meets-with-deported-tren-de-aragua-members-at-a-prison-in-el-salvador-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/noem-meets-with-deported-tren-de-aragua-members-at-a-prison-in-el-salvador-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Noem meets with deported Tren de Aragua members at a prison in El Salvador &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnoem-meets-with-deported-tren-de-aragua-members-at-a-prison-in-el-salvador-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2415825&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited El Salvador&#8217;s CECOT, the world&#8217;s largest prison, to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">warn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-president-trump-issues-warning-swing-states-that-found-massive-voter-fraud-which-is-all-of-them-cannot-legally-certify-these-votes\/\" title=\"IT\u2019S HAPPENING: ... Issues Warning \u2013 Swing States that Found MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD, which is all of them, CANNOT LEGALLY CERTIFY these votes\">illegal immigrants<\/a><\/a> in the U.S.about the consequences of not self-deporting. in her remarks, she emphasized a clear message from herself and former President Trump: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-first-detention-facility-for-immigrant-border-crossers-opens-critics-mock-change-in-coverage-now-that-a-democrat-is-in-office\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s First Detention Facility For Immigrant Border Crossers Opens, Critics Mock Change In Coverage Now That A Democrat Is In Office\">criminal illegal aliens<\/a> should leave the U.S. to avoid arrest and potential incarceration in El Salvador. Noem toured the prison, which holds violent criminals, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitch-slammed-for-tweeting-womxns-history-month\/\" title=\"Twitch Slammed For Tweeting \u2018Womxn\u2019s History Month\u2019\">including members<\/a> of the Tren de Aragua gang. her visit is part of a broader trip to Central and South America to address immigration concerns and includes meetings with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and other officials in Colombia and Mexico. Bukele has agreed to accept deported criminals from the U.S., a move that offers both parties strategic advantages.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Noem sends warning to illegal immigrants from El Salvador prison with Tren de Aragua members<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2073422\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kristi-noem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kristi Noem<\/a> visited deported illegal immigrants from the United States at the world&rsquo;s largest prison in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/el-salvador\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">El Salvador<\/a> and warned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">illegal immigrants <\/a>stateside that they could face the same fate if they do not self-deport.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I toured the CECOT, El Salvador&rsquo;s Terrorism Confinement Center,&rdquo; Noem said in a statement posted to X on Wednesday evening. &ldquo;President Trump and I have a clear message to criminal illegal aliens: LEAVE NOW. If you do not leave, we will hunt you down, arrest you, and you could end up in this El Salvadorian prison.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3360404\/elon-musk-helping-investigate-signal-chat-leak-white-house\/\">Elon Musk helping to investigate Signal chat leak: White House<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3360385\/trump-hegseth-signal-scandal-atlantic-jeffrey-goldberg\/\">Trump says Hegseth &#8216;had nothing to do&#8217; with Signal scandal with Atlantic&#8217;s Jeffrey Goldberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3359597\/trump-announce-new-tariffs-auto-imports\/\">Trump announces new 25% tariffs on auto imports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Noem, who spoke on video, stood in front of a locked cell with countless shirtless male inmates packed inside the barred room. The men were covered in tattoos and had had their heads shaved upon being admitted into the facility.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I toured the CECOT, El Salvador&rsquo;s Terrorism Confinement Center.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump and I have a clear message to criminal illegal aliens: LEAVE NOW.  <\/p>\n<p>If you do not leave, we will hunt you down, arrest you, and you could end up in this El Salvadorian prison. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OItDqNsFxM\">pic.twitter.com\/OItDqNsFxM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sec_Noem\/status\/1905034256826408982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The facility that Noem visited Wednesday afternoon can hold up to 40,000 people. It was specifically built by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to detain the most violent criminals after Bukele was elected in 2019 and delivered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2318405\/ms-13-members-sent-to-worlds-largest-prison-in-el-salvador-amid-crackdown-on-brutal-gang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">swift round-up<\/a> of the country&rsquo;s MS-13 gang members.<\/p>\n<p>It is now where some Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members are being housed following recent deportation flights from the U.S. that have since been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3358287\/appeals-court-denies-trump-bid-alien-enemies-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"paused by court order.\">paused by court order.<\/a> President Donald Trump is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nine-states-and-d-c-still-have-mask-mandates-in-place\/\" title=\"Nine States and D.C. Still Have Mask Mandates in Place\">facing legal challenges<\/a> after invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Tren de Aragua gang members without the typical immigrant court proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Noem departed Washington for El Salvador Wednesday morning on a three-day trip to Central America, South America, and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Following the prison tour, Noem is slated to meet with Bukele.<\/p>\n<p>In early February, El Salvador <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3309851\/el-salvador-agrees-accept-deported-criminals-any-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">agreed<\/a> to accept criminal&nbsp;illegal immigrants&nbsp;of any nationality from the United States, including Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members that the Venezuelan regime originally refused to accept back.<\/p>\n<p>Bukele also offered to house in Salvadoran jails U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents convicted of serious crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Border security and immigration experts, each with decades of government experience working on the issue, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3303091\/why-el-salvador-accept-deported-immigrants-other-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> in February that El Salvador may be stepping up to help in good faith but was likely eyeing the moment as an opportunity that would also benefit itself.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Noem will fly to Colombia for meetings with Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia, Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez, National Police General Carlos Fernando Triana, and Migration Director Nigeria Renteria, followed by a one-on-one discussion with Colombian President Gustavo Petro.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3354371\/border-patrol-mission-shifting-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HOW BORDER PATROL&rsquo;S MISSION IS SHIFTING IN THE TRUMP AGE: &lsquo;THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES NOW&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally, Noem will travel to Mexico on Friday and meet with President Claudia Sheinbaum and Foreign Minister Juan Ramon De La Fuente.<\/p>\n<p>Noem&rsquo;s visit to El Salvador comes a month after Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3312380\/anna-paulina-luna-lead-el-salvador-caucus-delegation-meet-bukele\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">led<\/a> a congressional delegation of lawmakers on the EL Salvador Caucus to El Salvador in February. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2073422\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2073422\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noem warns illegal immigrants from El Salvador prison visit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2415826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AP25085752673645.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6184,44880,8794,39668],"class_list":["post-2415825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-deportation","tag-el-salvador","tag-noem","tag-tren-de-aragua"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AP25085752673645.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2415825"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415829,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415825\/revisions\/2415829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2415826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2415825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2415825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}