Ronald Johnson, the U.S. ambassador to El Salvador from 2019 to 2021, told the U.S. Senate that, during his time in San Salvador, “I don’t doubt that it could have” been the case that Pegasus spyware was used against civil society or U.S. officials. Although on March...
A law firm filed a habeas corpus petition with the Supreme Court of El Salvador on Monday, demanding the immediate release of 238 Venezuelans who were deported to the country and have been imprisoned at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) since March 15. The law...
A three-minute video published early on Sunday morning, March 16, 2025, on the Twitter account of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele showed a group of Latin American immigrants in the United States (all men), heads down and arms restrained by security agents,...
In response to the recent unlawful expulsion of 238 Venezuelan nationals from the United States to El Salvador under the allegation that they belong to the criminal group Tren de Aragua, despite a court order barring their removal, Ana Piquer, Americas director at...
Venezuela is mobilizing for the release of its citizens, whom it asserts are not members of the Tren de Aragua, but who were deported by the United States to a prison in El Salvador under the “Foreign Enemies” Law (Ley de Enemigos Extranjeros). The attorneys filed a...
Over the past week, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump proceeded with the deportation of more than 200 Venezuelans accused of belonging to criminal organizations. Some of the deported migrants are now at the center of debate after being returned to the...
