Nicaragua Torture Victim Imprisoned for Second Time After Being Deported by U.S.
Human Rights Watch said U.S. deportations to Nicaragua more than doubled this year as immigration agents sent dissidents back to detention.
- On a U.S. deportation flight to Managua last week, 35-year-old exile Jeffrey Jarquín was immediately imprisoned at Modelo prison, where he had been previously detained and tortured.
- Previously imprisoned for nine months at Modelo during 2018 anti-government protests, Jarquín suffered torture; guards burned his genitals with cigarette butts, according to human rights investigators.
- Before deportation, activist Muriel Sáenz, who represented Jarquín during immigration proceedings, stated he was "a victim of political persecution who has been sent back into the hands of his tormentors."
- Human Rights Watch deputy director Juan Pappier said deportations to Nicaragua "makes Washington look hypocritical," citing real risks of torture that may violate the international ban on refoulement.
- The Trump administration has simultaneously criticized President Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo's regime as a "brutal dictatorship," while deporting more than 6,300 Nicaraguans between January and July this year.
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Nicaragua torture victim imprisoned for second time after being deported by U.S.
A Nicaraguan exile who was imprisoned and tortured after protesting against that country's government was deported by the U.S. back to his country, where he was immediately imprisoned once again by authorities
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Nicaragua torture victim imprisoned for second time after being deported by US
A Nicaraguan exile who was imprisoned and tortured after protesting against that country's government was deported by the U.S. back to his country, where he was immediately imprisoned once again by authorities.
The U.S. deported a former political prisoner to Nicaragua. He’s now in prison again
Jeffrey Jarquín, a former Nicaraguan political prisoner who said he was tortured for opposing President Daniel Ortega, was jailed at Managua's Modelo prison immediately after the U.S. deported him, advocates say.
Jeffrey Jarquín fled Nicaragua after imprisonment and serious abuse. When the US sent him back, authorities were waiting at the airport.
Jeffrey Jarquín was deported after seeking asylum in the United States and arrested upon arrival in Nicaragua, where he had already been imprisoned and tortured.
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