El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison was notorious long before the Trump administration’s recent decision to deport hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members there.

Venezuela will do “whatever it takes” to free hundreds of its citizens deported by the US to a notorious prison in El Salvador, according to National Assembly leader Jorge Rodríguez.

Welcome to hell. The US has flown more than 250 accused migrant gang members to El Salvador — where they will be sent to a notorious mega-prison. The flight included 238 members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua,