US deports more alleged gang members to El Salvador

Tracking the kidnapped, the detained and disappeared.

FREE PRESS IS COMMITTED TO DOCUMENTING THE DISAPPEARED. We consider every person who has been sent to the Tecoluca (El Salvador prison), Guantanamo naval base, or detained in other prisons throughout the country to be innocent until proven guilty. We will include students who have been expelled for protesting genocide.  This article will be updated as long as is necessary.Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution (The Bill of Rights)No p…

How ICE Tried—and Failed—to Send a Torture Victim to Mexico

(Composite / Photos: Courtesy of the author / GettyImages)ON MARCH 27, ICE AGENTS LOADED Adriana Quiroz Zapata on a bus, drove her to Mexico, and tried to dump her on the Mexican authorities. The Mexicans, after hearing Zapata’s story of police corruption, threats, torture, and sexual violence spanning years, refused to accept her. They sent her, the ICE agents, and their bus back across the border.Zapata’s story is just the latest example of a …

Two Venezuelan women speak out after Trump admin tried to send them to El Salvador

Two Venezuelan women, who the Trump administration tried to send to El Salvador, spoke to NBC News senior homeland security correspondent Julia Ainsley about what they experienced and witnessed.

Women Were Also Aboard Deportation Flights Taking Venezuelans to El Salvador: 'We Were Lied To'

The Trump administration deported over 200 Venezuelan men to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act. New court filings show it tried to do the same with women.

'We were lied to': Women sent to El Salvador spill about chaotic deportation process

Two women who were taken to El Salvador as part of Donald Trump's mass deportation policy say that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials deceived them about their destination, and the chaotic process resulted in them being returned to the U.S. – at least for now.The Trump administration herd...

Meet 5 of the alleged gang members the Trump administration sent to an El Salvadoran mega-prison

Maiker Escalona was a barber in Venezuela. (Raida) (NEW YORK) — Over the last month, the Trump administration has sent over 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador to be detained in a notorious mega-prison with a track record of human rights abuses. An official with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has acknowledged that “many” of the men lack criminal records in the United States — but said that “the lack of specific infor…