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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maanvi Singh

Men freed from El Salvador mega-prison endured ‘state-sanctioned torture’, lawyers say

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Ángel Blanco from Venezuela embraces a family member after being released from Cecot and returned to Venezuela. Photograph: Ronald Pena R/EPA

Venezuelans that the Trump administration expelled to El Salvador’s most notorious megaprison endured “state-sanctioned torture”, lawyers for some of the men have said, as more stories emerge about the horrors they faced during capacity.

When José Manuel Ramos Bastidas – one of 252 Venezuelan men that the US sent to El Salvador’s most notorious mega-prison – finally made it back home to El Tocuyo on Tuesday, the first thing he did was stretch his arms around his family.

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