India, March 18 -- The Donald Trump administration's controversial decision to move more than 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members to the notorious El Salvador prison, has come under keen scrutiny by the US courts, especially after a federal judge temporarily barred the deportations.

On Monday, plaintiffs filed a lawsuit to halt the deportations and asked a federal judge to force officials to explain under oath whether they violated his court order.

Trump's move brought heightened attention to El Salvador's Cecot mega-prison, where many of the deported individuals are being sent.

Considered the largest prison in the Americas, Cecot can hold 40,000 inmates and has long been a symbol of El Salvador's aggressive crackdown on domestic crime...