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Immigration,
Government

Apr. 17, 2025

In ex parte order, judge blocks accused Venezuelan gangster's removal to El Salvador prison

The swift order from U.S. District Judge Sunshine S. Sykes of Riverside came days after the government said it had no power to retrieve another accused gangster deported in error to El Salvador.

In ex parte order, judge blocks accused Venezuelan gangster's removal to El Salvador prison

A federal judge in Riverside cited a days-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday to temporarily block U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from sending a Venezuelan man to an El Salvador mega-prison.

Removals to the notorious Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, have provoked intense litigation over President Donald Trump's policy of denying process to those accused of gang membership.

Even so, U.S. District Judge Sunshine S. Sykes of ...

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