President Donald Trump’s executive order to send illegal immigrant criminals to Guantánamo Bay will have them sharing space with the last remaining prisoners at the infamous facility in Cuba.

Once the home of hundreds of prisoners, only 15 detainees remained before Trump ordered “criminal aliens” to be housed there, as well, as his administration ramps up its deportation efforts.

Trump signed a presidential memorandum and said he would direct federal officials to get facilities ready to receive criminal immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Border czar Tom Homan said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would run the facility.

The president has instructed the Pentagon to prepare the facility to house up to 30,000 “criminal illegal aliens” at the U.S. military base. Flights to the facility began this week, with 10 members of the violent Venezuelan gang arriving on Thursday. 

He was charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism, attacking civilians and civilian objects, murder in violation of the laws of war, destruction of property in violation of the laws of war, hijacking, terrorism and providing material support for terrorism. 

10. Muhammad Rahim

Muhammad Rahim, a citizen of Afghanistan, is held as a law-of-war detainee and was a senior aide in Al-Qaeda. He was the last detainee sent to the prison in recent years since the Obama and first Trump administrations did not send any additional individuals to Guantánamo Bay.  

Mustafa Faraj Masud al-Jadid Mohammed, who used the pseudonym Abu Faraj al-Libi, is a senior Al-Qaeda official. (Department of Defense)

11. Mustafa Faraj Masud al-Jadid Mohammed

Mustafa Faraj Masud al-Jadid Mohammed, who went by Abu Faraj al-Libi, a citizen of Libya, is a senior member of the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization.

He was captured in Mardan, Pakistan, in May 2005 following a joint effort by the CIA and Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI).

He was held for about 460 days in an unknown location before he was transferred to Guantánamo Bay in September 2006. He is considered a “high-value detainee.”

Muieen A Deen Jamal-A Deen Abd al-Fusal Abd al-Sattar has been a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay since February 2002. (Department of Defense)

12. Muieen A Deen Jamal-A Deen Abd al-Fusal Abd al-Sattar

Muieen A. Deen Jamal-A Deen Abd al-Fusal Abd al-Sattar was born in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He was captured by Pakistani forces near the border with Afghanistan in December 2001, turned over to U.S. custody and sent to Guantánamo Bay in February 2002.

A detainee assessment labeled him as a “high risk” prisoner, noting that he was “likely to pose a threat to the U.S., its interests, and allies.”

13. Ismail Ali Faraj Ali Bakush

Ismail Ali Faraj Ali Bakush, according to court documents, was a Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFO) explosives expert who trained Al-Qaeda members. 

He arrived at Guantánamo Bay in 2002. In 2022, he was cleared for release to a country other than his home country of Libya on the condition that he receive rehabilitation assistance.

14. Guled Hassan Duran

Duran, 50, was arrested in Somalia in 2004 and determined by U.S. intelligence to be a senior member of the al-Itihaad al-Islamiya terrorist organization. After two years in CIA custody, he was transferred to Guantánamo in 2006. 

He was the first “high-value detainee” cleared for release by the U.S. authorities in January 2022.

Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, known as Abu Zubaydah, is imprisoned at Guantánamo. (Department of Defense)

15. Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn

Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn was captured in 2002 in Pakistan. According to court documents, he was held for four years at CIA black sites, where he was waterboarded 83 times. 

The Saudi-born Palestinian was a senior bin Laden lieutenant who played key roles in several Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks, according to U.S. intelligence. He is still considered a national security threat.