Amid the public outcry over the Trump administration’s decision to deport more than 250 Venezuelan immigrants over the weekend, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele posted a harrowing video on social media of the detainees’ arrival at his country’s...
On the night of Saturday, March 15, three planes touched down in El Salvador, carrying 261 men deported from the United States. A few dozen were Salvadoran, but most of the men were Venezuelans the Trump Administration had designated as gang members and deported, with...
When U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Central America in February on his first official trip abroad, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele made him an unusual offer: El Salvador would receive and detain people deported from the United States, as well as...
I, Juanita Goebertus, declare the following under 28 U.S.C. § 1746, and state that under penalty of perjury the following is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief: I am the Director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch and have worked with...
After his visit to El Salvador in early February, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that President Nayib Bukele had agreed to accept deportees of any nationality, who would be placed in a maximum-security prison—a deal whose legality has raised doubts and...
Last Friday, Alirio Guillermo Belloso informed his relatives that he would be deported to Venezuela, but since then, they have heard nothing from him. They urgently need to confirm whether he is in a prison for terrorists in El Salvador because his trail has...
