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Rep. Torres demands copy of U.S. agreement with El Salvador after questioning transfers of migrants and alleged MS‑13 ties
Summary
Representative Nydia Velázquez Torres pressed Secretary Rubio to provide Congress with copies of agreements and details after raising concerns that the U.S. has transferred certain individuals to El Salvador at President Nayib Bukele's request, and that the transfers included people with alleged MS‑13 links. Rubio said the transfers involved El
Representative[1] raised the issue of U.S. agreements with El Salvador during the subcommittee hearing and demanded that the State Department provide copies of the agreements to Congress. The representative said the United States had transferred individuals, including some Salvadorans held in the U.S., to El Salvador and that the transfers included people with alleged ties to MS‑13; she characterized some transfers as amounting to renditions that bypassed U.S. judicial processes.
Secretary Rubio said the U.S. provided law‑enforcement funding to El Salvador and…
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