U.S., El Salvador Disappearing and Arbitrarily Detaining Salvadorans Deported From the U.S., Human Rights Watch Claims

Prisoners look out of their cell at CECOT prison (Credit: Photo by Alex Peña/Getty Images)

One year after El Salvador began receiving deportees at its Terrorism Confinement Center, a new report by Human Rights Watch says the Central American country is disappearing and arbitrarily detaining Salvadorans deported from the United States.

Since the Trump administration and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele reached an agreement for the Central American country to receive deportees in its mega prison, detainees, human rights activists and other organizations have denounced a wide range of violations taking place at the facility, including torture, sexual abuse and inhumane conditions.