The government of El Salvador has formally asserted it is the U.S., not the Central American nation, that retains “legal responsibility” for Venezuelans held in one of their megaprisons, contracting Trump administration claims.

The disclosure was made to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and submitted in court filings by those challenging President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to send some 200 Venezuelan men to be held in the country’s most notorious prison.

“The jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the competent foreign authorities, by virtue of international........

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