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Venezuelans describe being beaten, sexually assaulted and told to 'commit suicide' during El Salvador detention
Three Venezuelan men told NBC News they experienced physical and psychological torture, including one man’s allegation that ...
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The Trump administration deported hundreds to El Salvador. This database has their stories.
ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and other outlets have compiled information on the men deported to CECOT. On March 15, the Trump administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to CECOT, a ...
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was beaten and subjected to psychological ...
By LISA BAUMANN and BEN FINLEY Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in the notorious El Salvador prison the Trump ...
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Venezuelan musician Arturo Suárez-Trejo, released from Bukele’s mega-prison: ‘They told us the world had forgotten about us’
The artist recounts the beatings he endured, some for daring to sing, during the four months he was imprisoned in El Salvador ...
Arkansans protest outside El Salvador consulate, call for due process
Northwest Arkansas residents gathered outside the El Salvador Consulate in Springdale Thursday to highlight hundreds of ...
Venezuelan migrants reveal shocking abuse in El Salvador jail under Trump crackdown — ‘abuse, violence, spoiled food’
In an interview, 37-year-old Maikel Olivera recounted there were “beatings 24 hours a day” and sadistic guards who warned, ...
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Judge Demands Answers About Deal to Return MS-13 Gang Leaders to El Salvador
Federal prosecutors are seeking to drop narco-terrorism charges against a man they have alleged is one of the gang’s leaders.
El Salvador's new wave of political exiles say history is repeating itself
Fear has long simmered among critics of President Nayib Bukele’s concentration of power in El Salvador. Now, a new wave of ...