Maiker Espinoza Escalona is being accused of being a member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua by the Trump administration, an accusation his family denies.

Seventeen alleged Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gang members deported from the US were flown in shackles to an El Salvadoran tarmac Sunday night, where they were met by heavily armed Salvadoran troops.

A Venezuelan mother is seeking answers after her son was detained in El Salvador, accused of being a member of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang.

The United States has escalated its stance on illegal migration with a stark message delivered from one of the world's most notorious prisons. Homeland Security Chief Kristi Noem recently visited the Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT) in El Salvador,

People need to see that image,” Noem said of the striking photos of her surrounded by rows of tattooed inmates crammed inside their cells at El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center.