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Report Documents Torture of Venezuelan Deportees in El Salvador Prison
Human Rights Watch found 250 Venezuelan migrants deported by the U.S. to El Salvador faced torture, sexual abuse, and medical neglect in CECOT prison.
- On Wednesday, Human Rights Watch and Cristosal released a report documenting torture and other abuses at El Salvador's Cecot against 252 Venezuelan migrants sent by the U.S.
- On March 15, the Trump administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport men accused of Tren de Aragua membership, a move HRW says violated non-refoulement.
- Testimonies in the report detail that forty men interviewed reported severe daily beatings, medical neglect, and sexual violence, including punishments in an isolation cell called la isla.
- Families say ICE deleted detainees' names shortly after transfer, leaving 252 Venezuelans untraceable, while Cristosal filed 76 habeas corpus petitions with no response, and no governmental accountability emerged.
- Rights groups are calling on the Trump administration to stop sending third‑country nationals to El Salvador and to revoke the Alien Enemies Act proclamation, while the men were later returned to Venezuela in a prisoner swap exchanging 10 Americans.
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Venezuelans deported from the United States to El Salvador have been systematically abused and tortured there, according to an investigation by Human Rights Watch.
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Venezuelan migrants sent by the Donald Trump Administration to the Center for Confining Terrorism (Cecot) of President Nayib Bukele in El Salvador report having been tortured, revealed the organization Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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