Members of Venezuela’s most feared gang could be deported by the US to prison in El Salvador under a deal sought by President Donald Trump.

The administration has already ramped up deportations, using military flights to send migrants to Latin American countries

The arrangement, known as a "Safe Third Country" agreement, would empower U.S. immigration officials to deport non-Salvadoran migrants to El Salvador.

The Trump administration began sending deportees on US military planes back to Guatemala and El Salvador, according to people familiar with the matter, as it looks to demonstrate that it’s acting on campaign promises to return millions of migrants to their home countries.

Such deportations are key for the Trump administration plans as many migrants targeted hail from countries who have shown reluctance to receive them