The Trump administration said the men accused of being MS-13 and Tren de Aragua members were sent to El Salvador as part of a “counterterrorism operation.”

The Trump administration says it has deported 17 more “violent criminals” from the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs to El Salvador, as it doubles down on a policy of removing people from the U.S. to third countries despite criticism over lack of transparency and human rights protections.