Interesting. Dropping charges against an alleged MS-13 leader certainly looks suspicious:
>>>As part of the deportation flights of alleged terrorists at the center of a
legal and political storm,
the US quietly dropped charges against a key alleged MS-13 leader and returned him to the pro-Trump leader of El Salvador.
César Humberto López-Larios, an alleged top leader of the MS-13 gang who US investigators believe has information that could implicate top Salvadoran government officials in possibly corrupt deals with the violent gang, was deported on one of the
controversial flights, according to current and former US officials and court documents. . . .
But bringing MS-13 leaders to face charges in the US has been a top priority for the Justice Department, and the transfer is a major loss of potential intelligence for investigators who helped track down López-Larios for his arrest in Mexico last year, current and former officials say.<<< (emphasis added)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/politics/ms-13-leader-deported-el-salvador-boasberg-order/index.html
It could explain why the administration has invoked the state secrets doctrine.
>>>The Justice Department said in a court filing Monday that it was exercising what's commonly called the "state secrets privilege" in the case because sharing the information would harm diplomatic relations and national security.<<<
Invoking the state secrets doctrine in this situation struck me as being odd. There really shouldn't be any need for it if the "deal" with El Salvador is above board.
It might also explain why the administration decided to invoke the Alien Enemies Act and get them out of the country quick without any court hearings.
This is highly speculative on my part, but I can't help but wonder if there was a dirty deal (done dirt cheap) to get the prisoners out of the U.S. so they couldn't testify in court, which might have been damaging in some way.
I'm curious what the h*ll is actually going on.