The Department of Defense confirmed the arrival of the first 10 “high threat" migrant criminals to Guantanamo Bay, all of whom are members of the violent Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua.

The US has sent the first group of migrants to Guantanamo Bay since President Donald Trump announced plans to expand migrant detention at the base, officials say. A brief statement from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the detainees were part of the Tren de Aragua - a gang that originated in Venezuela's prisons.

Ten Tren de Aragua gangbangers were among the first migrant criminals loaded onto a plane and shipped off to Guantanamo Bay this week. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Wednesday that the TdA creeps were hauled off on a flight out of El Paso,