Winning: Seventeen More Illegal Alien Criminals Sent to Lockup

President Trump made ridding our country of illegal alien gang members a keystone of his successful campaign, and his administration has set right about doing just that. In the latest move, on Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 17 seriously nasty gang members have been transferred from our facility at Guantanamo Bay to El Salvador, to be placed in the gentle and loving care of that nation's Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).

Last night, in a successful counter-terrorism operation with our allies in El Salvador, the United States military transferred a group of 17 violent criminals from the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 organizations, including murderers and rapists.

In order to keep the American people…
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) March 31, 2025

Secretary Rubio's post continues:

In order to keep the American people safe, @POTUS designated the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. These criminals will no longer terrorize our communities and citizens. Once again, we extend our gratitude to @nayibbukele and the government of El Salvador for their unparalleled partnership in making our countries safe against transnational crime and terrorism.

Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin has more details in an extensive X thread.

BREAKING: 17 illegal aliens with serious criminal histories were removed to El Salvador last night after being held at Guantanamo Bay, WH officials tell @FoxNews. They include 7 alleged TdA members & several convicted murderers, rapists, & pedophiles. None were removed via the…
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 31, 2025

Mr. Melugin's post continues as well:

None were removed via the Alien Enemies Act. All were deported via Title 8/regular US immigration law, and all had final orders of removal/deportation orders. Trump WH officials have provided a list of names and criminal histories of the aliens who were sent to El Salvador. All details below, according to WH:

Details are found down-thread. Here are a few of the individuals among the 17:

ELMER CONCEPCION ROMERO YANES, a Salvadoran national convicted of homicide.
CARLOS ALVARENGA GUILLEN, a Salvadoran national convicted of rape & aggravated assault of minor.
JORGE GUERRERO-QUINTERO, an alleged Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang member convicted of sex crime/assault on a minor & criminal weapon possession.
RAFAEL MEJIA, a Salvadoran national convicted of child molestation and multiple lewd acts w/ a child.
JOSE MEDRANO HERNANDEZ, a Salvadoran national convicted of aggravated sexual abuse of a child.

And finally, El Salvador's President Bukele, in counting coup, posted a video of the arrival of the gangsters.

Last night, in a joint military operation with our allies from the United States, we transferred 17 extremely dangerous criminals linked to Tren de Aragua and MS-13.

All individuals are confirmed murderers and high-profile offenders, including six child rapists.

This operation… pic.twitter.com/Tk1Xq7vnuB
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) March 31, 2025

Well done.

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Read Bill Melugin's post, by the way, for the complete list of all 17 gang-bangers removed from the United States. It's a list of heartless horrors, with convictions in the United States and their home countries, not to mention they were in the United States illegally. There is no place in the United States for people like this - and given the rap sheets on some of these goblins, I hesitate to use the term "people."

What's more, these are the people that Democrats and the legacy media (but I repeat myself) would not only allow to remain in the country but who are starting up court battles to attempt to prevent their removal.

We voted for this: 17 fewer vicious goblins roaming the United States - and we're getting it. The only change I would like to see is picking up the pace.

Thanks to President Trump, illegal immigration into our great country has virtually stopped. Despite the radical left's lies, new legislation wasn't needed to secure our border, just a new president.

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