US EditionVenezuelan Detainees in El Salvador Cry for Freedom
- More than 100 Venezuelan individuals sent back by the United States in early 2025 are currently detained at El Salvador’s maximum-security Terrorism Confinement Center .
- These deportations followed President Trump's March 15 invocation of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to rapidly remove alleged gang members, including Venezuela's Tren de Aragua.
- Detainees face harsh treatment at CECOT, lack access to legal counsel, and remain unable to challenge their detention according to U.N. Officials and family members.
- According to U.N. OHCHR data, official U.S. Figures report at least 142,000 deportations occurring between late January and the end of April, while El Salvador’s CECOT facility—a large prison located away from urban centers—has the capacity to hold up to 40,000 inmates.
- Human rights experts warn of fundamental rights violations under U.S. And international law and urge El Salvador to allow oversight of the detention facility to ensure detainee rights.
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They Wanted a Better Future in the US. Now They Are Jailed in El Salvador
The last time Miriam Aguilera spoke with her 27-year-old son, Gustavo, was March 14. He told her he would be deported to Venezuela the next day. He called her from a detention center in Texas, where he had been held since February. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained him at his home in Lewisville, outside of Dallas-Fort Worth, where he lived with his Venezuelan partner and their now 10-month-old baby, who was born in t…
United Nations: Venezuelans in El Salvador May Be Subjects of Forced Disappearance
Neither the US nor the Salvadoran authorities have released official lists of the Venezuelans held at the detention center. This Tuesday, the United Nations Human Rights Office expressed its concern about the situation of a group of Venezuelan migrants who, after being deported from the United States to El Salvador, remain in a situation of “complete uncertainty” regarding their whereabouts and conditions. The concern was expressed by the intern…
The return trip of eight Venezuelans deported to El Salvador and rejected by the Bukele Government
When on March 15 at 6.48 p.m. Judge James E. Boasberg verbally ordered the Donald Trump government to stop the deportations of Venezuelan migrants from Harlingen airport (Texas), Franyeli Carolina Zambrano Manrique was already on the plane, dressed in blue trousers, grey pullover combined with shoes and handcuffed feet and hands, which he found uncomfortable every time he took a piece of sandwich or a sip of water to his mouth. By that time, alm…
Venezuelan Detainees in El Salvador Cry for Freedom
Venezuelan Detainees in El Salvador Cry for Freedom In a compelling video by One America News Network, Venezuelan detainees in an El Salvador high-security prison are seen pleading for freedom. These individuals, alleged by the Trump administration to be part of the Tren de Aragua gang, were deported in March under questionable circumstances.Former U.S. lawmaker Matt Gaetz, alongside Representative Anna Paulina Luna, toured the prison, highlight…
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