Lawyers Say New Evidence Challenges Trump on El Salvador Prisons

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Lawyers for Venezuelans sent to a prison in El Salvador claim new evidence 'contradicts' the US government's claims that Salvadoran officials, not the Trump administration, have legal authority over the men.
Attorneys on Monday filed a copy of statements that El Salvador submitted to a United Nations human rights office in April, stating that 'the jurisdiction and legal responsibility' for detainees 'lie exclusively' with the United States under agreements between the two countries.

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