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Why the State Department handed U.S. informants over to El Salvador

By Mary Louise Kelly,
John Ketchum, Marc Rivers
Published October 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM MST

The Washington Post reports that Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed to return MS-13 informants who were in U.S. custody to El Salvador — to secure access to El Salvador's most notorious prison.

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