US Edition‘It Was a Nightmare’: Venezuelans Deported From US Describe Conditions in Salvadoran Prison
EL SALVADOR, JUL 23 – More than 250 Venezuelan migrants were deported and detained under allegations of gang membership without evidence, later released in a prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Venezuela.
- On July 18, 2025, Andry Hernández returned home to Táchira, Venezuela, after months in El Salvador’s CECOT prison.
- U.S. President Donald Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants in March, based on tattoo evidence.
- Prisoners say they were beaten, shot and denied medical care, including `they beat me so badly that I urinated blood for a week and fractured a rib`, Mayor recounted.
- That four-month nightmare ended on Friday, after a prisoner exchange, in exchange for 10 US nationals and 80 Venezuelans jailed in the Caribbean nation.
- Venezuela's attorney general called for investigations, while Saab announced efforts to examine alleged abuses at CECOT.
43 Articles
43 Articles
President Maduro denounces Bukele’s responsibility for migrant torture as Venezuelan diplomacy secured their return - teleSUR English
In an exclusive interview, Venezuelan President Maduro asserts that El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele played no part in talks over the return of detained Venezuelan migrants, emphasizing direct negotiations with the US and the crucial role of international solidarity and Venezuelan diplomacy. Related: President Maduro Advocates Dialogue and Respect in US-Venezuela Relations, Rejects Interventionism Caracas, July 24, 2025 – Venezuelan Presiden…
Judge to weigh legal rights of Venezuelan nationals recently released from CECOT
Photo by Alex Peña/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One week after more than 250 Venezuelan nationals were released to their home country from a mega-prison in El Salvador, a federal judge is holding a hearing Thursday to determine what due process rights the men may be entitled to after they were removed from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act. In June, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled that the men, who were then being held in El Salvador’s …
'We were constantly beaten': Venezuelan sent to maximum security prison by Trump administration speaks out
The 34-year-old was one of more than 250 Venezuelan men sent by the Trump administration to a maximum security prison in El Salvador, despite having no criminal record in any of the four countries he has lived in.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 65% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
