US military completes 'counter-terrorism mission' with El Salvador

1/4/2025 6:21

The U.S. military has completed a "successful counter-terrorism mission" in partnership with El Salvador, a senior Pentagon official said on Monday, though the term appeared to refer to the deportation of alleged criminals.



Earlier on Monday, the State Department said that a group of alleged Venezuelan and MS-13 gang members was transported to El Salvador by the U.S. military on Sunday night.



The term "counter-terrorism" has traditionally been used in the Pentagon to classify operations that target militants in places like Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.

The Pentagon did not specify what kind of "counter-terrorism" operation it had carried out in its brief statement.