Guantanamo Inmates Describe Living In Shackles And Not Telling Days From Nights During Detention: 'We All Thought About Killing Ourselves'

Venezuelan migrants deported from US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay walk down from the Venezuelan Conviasa Airlines plane as they arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela on February 20, 2025. (Credit: Pedro Mattey/Getty Images)

Over 170 undocumented migrants who were jailed at Guantanamo Bay were deported from the U.S. back to Venezuela last week. As authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro celebrated the return of citizens, some of the men have recounted their ordeal at the infamous naval base.

The Washington Post spoke with three of the Venezuelan detainees who spent 14 days at Guantanamo: Diuvar Uzcategui, Jose Daniel Simancas and Franyer Montes.