People need to see that image,” Noem said of the striking photos of her surrounded by rows of tattooed inmates crammed inside their cells at El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center.

Attorneys representing at least one of 17 alleged Venezuelan gang members who were deported Sunday to El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison say the men were sent there two days after a federal judge issued an order prohibiting such deportations.

A Venezuelan mother is seeking answers after her son was detained in El Salvador, accused of being a member of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang.

Noem was spotted wearing the flashy bling as she filmed a video in front of a cell full of inmates at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).

The United States has escalated its stance on illegal migration with a stark message delivered from one of the world's most notorious prisons. Homeland Security Chief Kristi Noem recently visited the Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT) in El Salvador,