In brief: Kilmar Ábrego García was wrongly deported from the United States and jailed at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (Center for the Confinement of Terrorism, CECOT), where he says he was tortured and mistreated. President Nayib Bukele denied the...
“Kilmar Ábrego García.” That was the first name called to disembark one of the planes that landed in El Salvador on 15 March 2025 after departing the United States. Shackled, he descended the aircraft stairs as two officers grabbed his arms, shoved him forward, and...
The account given by Salvadoran national Kilmar Ábrego García of mistreatment inside the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (Terrorism Confinement Center, CECOT) has triggered an outcry from relatives of Venezuelan inmates held in that facility. Ábrego, deported...
López was arrested on 18 May at her home and later charged with illicit enrichment. Since then she had been confined to the holding cells of the Policía Nacional Civil (Police, PNC) Traffic Sub-directorate while the Prisons Bureau decided where to send her. Until the...
On her return from signing the paperwork for a second scholarship to study English, five Police officers were waiting for her at home to arrest her on charges of illicit association; authorities contend that she belongs to a new gang they have dubbed “La Raza...
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Thursday rejected accusations that migrant Kilmar Ábrego—illegally deported to El Salvador by the Donald Trump Administration—endured torture inside one of the country’s mega-prisons. “The man was not tortured, nor did he lose...
