Venezuelans who were forcibly deported to a terrorist prison in El Salvador earlier this year have now formally accused ICE officers of beating them to make them get off the airplane. In court declarations last week, four migrants recounted their deportation journey...
The Coordinadora Nacional por la Defensa de la Salud de la Población Salvadoreña (National Coordinator for the Defense of the Salvadoran Population’s Health, CONADESA), composed of more than 50 health sector unions, citizen networks, university groups, and...
A report by the U.S. newspaper The Washington Post revealed that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledged to the Government of El Salvador (GOES) the deportation of nine leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang detained on U.S. soil, including some who were...
In the days before the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants to a notorious prison in El Salvador, the president of that country demanded something for himself: the return of nine MS-13 gang leaders in U.S. custody. Secretary of State Marco...
At the time of one arrest, officers shouted questions about the alleged plot; the detainee insisted he knew nothing. The police believed neither him nor the others, because the evidence that drove them came from the accusation of a supposed informant who hours earlier...
Political imprisonment in Latin America remains one of the gravest consequences of the ongoing democratic deterioration in several countries. Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela top the list with the highest number of documented political prisoners. Nicaragua currently has...
