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A Venezuelan-US Love Story Crushed By Trump's Migrant Crackdown

Hernandez's friends and family in Venezuela campaigned hard for his release, arguing that his crown tattoos were a nod to his work in a local religious festival and not signs of gang membership as alleged by US authorities (Credit: AFP)

Andry Hernandez jumped through hoops to claim asylum in the United States, hopeful of beginning a new life with an American man he met on Instagram -- only to be doomed by an innocent pair of wrist tattoos that landed him in a brutal El Salvador prison.

Andry, a 32-year-old gay make-up artist and stylist, became one of the faces of US President Donald Trump's migrant crackdown when he was arrested and deported with 251 other Venezuelans to El Salvador's Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT).

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