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Pedro Camacho

Venezuelan Deportees Detail Ordeal in El Salvador's Infamous Prison: 'I Was Sexually Abused by the Salvadoran Authorities'

Venezuelan deportee Andry José Hernández Romero (Credit: Screengrab from official Venezuelan state channel)

Several Venezuelan migrants repatriated as part of a recent prisoner exchange between the United States and Venezuela have accused Salvadoran authorities of torture, sexual abuse, and other mistreatment while held in El Salvador's maximum-security prison, known as CECOT.

The allegations, made public by the Attorney General for Venezuela's authoritarian regime, Tarek William Saab in a press conference, have prompted an investigation into Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and other top officials.

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