The Disappeared: Trump’s Mass Deportation Machine and the Shadow Prison in El Salvador

The Disappeared: Trump’s Mass Deportation Machine and the Shadow Prison in El Salvador

A Knock at the Door, Then Nothing Imagine waking up one morning to discover that your brother is gone. Not missing—disappeared.No phone call. No charges. No lawyer.And days later, a message appears—he’s been deported to a country he’s never been to, locked in a concrete hell designed for gang leaders and killers. That’s not a story from Argentina’s Dirty War or Stalin’s gulags.It happened in the United States—in 2025.And it’s still happening, as…

Relatives of Venezuelan immigrants who were deported by the administration of US President Donald Trump and ended up in a maximum security prison in El Salvador, accused of being members of…More...

Juanita Goebertus of HRW criticizes the deportation of Venezuelans to Nayib Bukele's megacarcel as illegal.

The United States sends alleged criminals to El Salvador without conviction.

On Friday, the NGO Provea urged the authorities of the United States and El Salvador to guarantee due process for Venezuelan migrants deported last weekend on the charge of belonging to the band Tren de Aragua. Through a publication on social network X (formerly Twitter), the human rights organization asked to review the expulsion procedures and ensure that each case is assessed individually, respecting the right to seek asylum and international…

Family members and activists claim that the deportees signed documents to return to Venezuela, but they were sent to a Salvadoran jail.March 21, 2025.-The Venezuelans deported from the United States to El Salvador, in a case that is ...