White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that “deportation flights have begun,” releasing photos of people boarding military aircraft.

Two US military planes carrying dozens of expelled migrants arrived in Guatemala on Friday, authorities said, without specifying whether they were part of the deportation operation launched by President Donald Trump.

The US has begun deporting migrants to Guatemala, with two military planes carrying 80 Guatemalans arriving Friday in the Central American country. The move marks the start of President Donald Trump administration’s massive operation to deport migrants.

President Donald Trump's administration has plans to quickly expand the number of flights carrying illegal immigrants out of the country.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he rejected deportation flights because the deportees were being transported in military aircraft.

The U.S. military's mission on the border is moving quickly as the White House and the Pentagon are making it a priority to publicize news about the mission.

Hundreds of "illegal immigrant criminals" in the U.S. were arrested and hundreds more flown out of the country on military aircraft, the White House said.

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.

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The Trump administration has enlisted the U.S. military to quickly scale up its deportation capacity, which usually relies on charter flights.

The Trump administration's use of U.S. military aircraft to return deportees has raised alarms throughout Latin America.

Donald Trump's administration has launched what it calls 'the largest massive deportation operation in history', dismantling key migration programmes and triggering diplomatic tensions across Latin America.