President Donald Trump used wartime authority to deport nearly 240 alleged Latin American gang members to a mega-prison in El Salvador over the weekend. A federal judge unsuccessfully sought to block the administration’s actions,

President Nayib Bukele’s role in the Trump administration’s deportation strategy signals a new level of power and global visibility for the young leader.

Trump's administration recently sent more than 250 Venezuelan migrants there, even as a judge issued an order temporarily blocking the deportations.