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Latin Times
Latin Times
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Héctor Ríos Morales

Deported Venezuelan Says Guantanamo Cell Was Filled With Cobwebs and Ants

Guantanamo Bay (Credit: Photo credit should read THOMAS WATKINS/AFP via Getty Images)

As President Donald Trump continues carrying out his mass deportation plans, more and more testimonies are coming out of the harsh conditions detainees experience at the newly opened detention center at Guantanamo Bay.

As reported by The Latin Times, three Venezuelan detainees who spent 14 days at the infamous naval base described living in shackles and inside cages. And according to the testimony of another young Venezuelan, inhumane conditions at the facility left him traumatized. According to Kevin Rodríguez, detainees were taken out, in handcuffs, to shower every three days and that they were searched before and after every shower. He claims that cobwebs and ants inside the cell gave the sense that the place had long been unoccupied.

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