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El Salvador Tells UN That US Has "Exclusive" Jurisdiction over Detainees

For months, the DOJ has insisted to US courts that it has no jurisdiction over the people it rendered to Salvadoran detention facilities. But when the UN came asking, El Salvador told a very differ…

This also led to the hilariously stupid exchange between President Donald Trump and Salvadoran dictator Nayib Bukele when they met, where they each pretended it was a ridiculous question to even contemplate bringing Abrego back to the US. In this regard, the actions attributable to the Salvadoran State are limited to its sovereignty and territorial jurisdiction, and therefore it cannot be held responsible for the failure to observe the principle of non-refoulement with respect to the persons mentioned. The press conference with Trump and Bukele proved that: They were going to play “not it” and pretend that there was nothing that could be done to facilitate anything even as they sat next to each other talking freely—and even as both governments knew that El Salvador had already told the UN that the US has exclusive jurisdiction.

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