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CECOT Family Members Rejoice and Worry as Relatives Finally Leave El Salvador
For the families of those detained, it’s an incredible relief. Gloria Browning Vaamondes-Barrios last spoke to her husband ...
His Family Has Spent Months Trying To Free Him From CECOT. They Finally Reunited.
A little after 9 p.m. local time Friday, Ydalys Chirinos-Polanco texted HuffPost a photo of her beaming next to her ...
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 ...
‘I have nightmares’: Venezuelans imprisoned in El Salvador relive terror after return home
Mervin Yamarte, a young Venezuelan detained for more than four months in the Salvadoran mega-prison known as CECOT after his deportation from the United States, said even though he’s now back in his ...
Soccer coach who says he was deported over his tattoo celebrates his release from CECOT
Soccer coach Jerce Reyes Barrios, who was deported to El Salvador's CECOT prison based, he says, largely on his soccer tattoo ...
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Venezuelan deportees say they endured months of abuse inside a Salvadoran prison
Trump framed the deportation of more than 230 Venezuelan men as a long-overdue campaign to rid the country of immigrants who ...
‘Scared to die’: Venezuelan who was held in megaprison files complaint against U.S.
He once dreamed of being recognized for his work — but instead, the U.S. sent him to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Branded a gang member and a terrorist, he spent four months behind bars. Now, after ...
Trump's CECOT Prisoners Went on 'Blood Strike' to Protest Torture: Ex-Inmate
Francisco Javier Casique, one of 252 Venezuelans quietly deported to the mega prison, told Newsweek about their four-month ...
Inside El Salvador's CECOT: Where ICE sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia and other deportees
In a FOX 17 News exclusive interview, we take you inside the Terrorism Confinement Center. It's El Salvador’s maximum ...
Venezuelan men deported to notorious CECOT prison say they were raped and beaten by guards
In March, the Trump administration sent roughly 250 Venezuelan men deported from the U.S. to CECOT amid accusations that they ...
Venezuelan men allege physical and psychological abuse at Salvadoran CECOT prison
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