The federal government has admitted that ICE deported a Maryland man with legal status to El Salvador due to an “administrative error.”

This latest case, in which lawyers argue their client had no proven links to MS-13, adds to the growing judicial and public scrutiny about the deportations to El Salvador's notorious mega-prison.

In a joint military operation with the United States, 17 alleged members of the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs were transferred on Monday from the U.S. to the high-security prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador.