The families of Venezuelans locked up in the megacarcel of Bukele are two weeks old without contact with them.

Two weeks in suspense carry the families of the 237 Venezuelan migrants who were transferred by the United States to the Center for the Confining of Terrorism (Cecot) in El Salvador, the maximum security prison created by President Nayib Bukele to lock up gang members. They have not heard from them since the day that several of them talked with their families to report that they would be deported on a flight to Venezuela and then appeared in the…

“How do you know that those who entered the U.S. and later were trafficked to El Salvador are part of the Aragua Train?” asks the Emeritus magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), Alejandro Angulo Fontiveros. “No evidence was provided in this regard.”

Two weeks in suspense carry the families of the 237 Venezuelan migrants who were transferred by the United States to the Center for the Confining of Terrorism (Cecot) in El Salvador, the maximum security prison created by President Nayib Bukele to lock up gang members. They have not heard from them since the day that several of them talked with their families to report that they would be deported on a flight to Venezuela and then appeared in the…

PRESS RELEASE. In mid-March, 261 immigrants were expelled from the United States and detained in a giant prison in El Salvador, in the nose and beard of a court decision. The criteria on which the Trump administration was based are dismayedThe U.S. media NPR nicknamed it "the jewel of El Salvador's aggressive anti-crime strategy." The Terrorist Detention Centre, or CECOT, was opened in El Salvador in 2023 in the city of Tecoluca, about seven mil…

The Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, reported that he expects a “strong response” from the high commissioner for human rights of the United Nations (UN), Volker Türk, on the situation of the more than 200 Venezuelan migrants deported by the United States to a prison in El Salvador last March. According to an official note, released on Thursday, April 3, the official said that he sent a formal communication to Türk on Wednesday, 2 to speak o…

The administration of US President Donald Trump said that Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador face no risk of torture at the Center for Confining Terrorism (CECOT), a prison known for its extreme conditions and designed for high-profile criminal gang members. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the official position of the government is to reject torture and not encourage brutality.