Deported Salvadorans Are Arbitarily Detained: Report

"Black hole": El Salvador disappearing US deportees into CECOT, rights group says

The watchdog group Human Rights Watch accused El Salvador‘s government of disappearing some nationals deported from the United States. Some 9,000 Salvadorans who have been deported since the start of 2025, according to Human Rights Watch. Some have been detained at the Center for Terrorism Confinement (CECOT) mega prison, a facility infamous for its rampant abuses. The organization said that many of those detained at CECOT have been kept out of …

Deported Salvadorans are arbitarily detained: report

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Salvadorans deported from US disappear inside 'black hole' prison system

El Salvador has subjected some nationals deported from the US to enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention without revealing their whereabouts or bringing them before a judge.

Trump Deportees 'Sent to a Black Hole' of Forced Disappearance in El Salvador

“The desperation of families to find disappeared loved ones evokes the darkest days of dictatorships in Latin America,” said one human rights campaigner.

HRW condemns enforced disappearances in El Salvador

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday raised concerns that El Salvador’s government is forcibly disappearing and arbitrarily detaining Salvadorans deported from the US a year ago.   HRW reported that between mid-March and mid-October 2025, 11 Salvadoran men deported from the US to El Salvador were immediately held without contact from relatives or lawyers. Interviews with 20 relatives and attorneys revealed that none of the detainees appeared to ha…

El Salvador Forcibly Disappearing Nationals Deported From the US, Rights Group Says

El Salvador has disappeared some inmates that the U.S. previously deported to the country says Human Rights Watch.