Eleven more violent illegal migrants — including seven alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang and one from MS-13 — were deported to El Salvador over the weekend, The Post has learned. The deportations came just as President Trump prepared to welcome President Nayib Bukele to the White House on Monday.
A senior administration official confirmed that at least seven of the deported individuals were removed Sunday due to alleged links to the Venezuelan prison gang. Another migrant reportedly had ties to the brutal MS-13 street gang.
The remaining migrants had prior convictions for serious crimes, including rape, terrorist threats, assault, and robbery.
Among those deported was Daniel Alexander Fernandez-Rodriguez, a suspected Tren de Aragua member. He had previously been arrested in New York for grand larceny and robbery, and later in Illinois for burglary and obstructing justice.
Another deportee, Jose Santos Robles, had been convicted of raping a 15-year-old in New York in 2016. Though not believed to be affiliated with a gang, Robles received 10 years’ probation for third-degree rape.
All 11 deportees were citizens of either El Salvador or Venezuela, according to the official.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio initially reported that 10 gang-linked criminals had been deported, but the White House later confirmed the total was 11.
“Last night, another 10 criminals from the MS-13 and Tren de Aragua Foreign Terrorist Organizations arrived in El Salvador,” Rubio wrote Sunday on X.
He added, “The alliance between @POTUS and President @nayibbukele has become an example for security and prosperity in our hemisphere.”
These latest removals add to the more than 200 suspected gang members already deported by the Trump administration in recent weeks to El Salvador’s massive CECOT prison, as the country continues to serve as a key partner in the U.S. deportation strategy.
When asked about concerns over the prison’s conditions, Trump praised Bukele’s leadership.
“He’s taking care of a lot of problems that we have — problems that would be incredibly costly for us to handle,” Trump said Sunday. “And he’s doing a fantastic job. Some very bad people are now in that prison — people who never should have been allowed into our country.”
