A guard and prisoners at El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), where the Trump administration sent about 300 Venezuelans in the U.S. that they accused of being gang members, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 11, 2025. New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the U.S. toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela. (Fred Ramos/The New York Times) By EDWARD WONG, TYLER PAGER, CHARLIE SAVAGE, JULIAN E. BARNES and MARIA ABI-HABIB On a spring night...