El Salvador Supreme Court to hear defense of jailed Venezuelans deported from US

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Grupo Ortega Law Firm Demands Release of 238 Venezuelan Migrants Detained in El Salvador

Grupo Ortega Law Firm demands release of 238 Venezuelans detained in El Salvador’s CECOT, citing human rights violations. Habeas corpus has been filed before the Supreme Court. The prominent Grupo Ortega law firm filed a habeas corpus petition on Tuesday before El Salvador’s Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ). The legal action seeks the immediate release of 238 Venezuelan migrants currently detained at the Terrorism Con…

Why El Salvador's Ruthless Prisons Are Even Worse For Female Inmates

El Salvador has made security and mega-prisons its calling card. The so-called "Bukele model," in reference to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, has been admired by leaders of other countries as a benchmark in reducing violence. His runaway popularity is, for now, tied to his clampdown on crime; official figures show 2023 was the safest in the country's history.But the Bukele model has been questioned for its impact on human rights and the lega…

Venezuelan migrants deported by the US ended up in a Salvadoran prison. This is their legal status

The U.S. government used an 18th-century wartime law to deport nearly 300 Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador, where they were immediately transferred to the country’s maximum-security gang prison.

En el limbo y sin jurisdicción: el panorama de los deportados por EE.UU. a El Salvador

Análisis de Karen Esquivel, Sol Amaya y Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español Tras una semana de la deportación de 261 inmigrantes de EE.UU. a El Salvador, las preguntas sobre el proceso judicial que seguirán permanecen sin respuestas. Varios expertos consultados por CNN advierten que los detenidos están en una especie de limbo jurídico y sin una verdadera protección legal. “La Constitución salvadoreña no ha previsto esta situación, pero además no hay…

A law firm has filed a habeas corpus with the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador this Monday to demand the immediate release of the 238 Venezuelans deported to that country and imprisoned in the Center for the Confining of Terrorism (CECOT) since March 15. The law firm Bufete Grupo Ortega claims to have been hired directly by the Vice Presidency of the Republic of Venezuela to fight this legal battle.