El Salvador released 200 Venezuelans held in a notorious prison in exchange for Venezuela freeing ten American nationals and multiple political prisoners.

The Venezuelans, labeled terrorists and violent criminals by President Trump, had been deported to the notorious CECOT prison, setting off a legal battle over executive power.

The Venezuelans being repatriated had originally been deported by the US under the Trump administration to El Salvador earlier this year, under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, which gives a US president power to detain and deport natives or citizens of "enemy" nations without usual processes.