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Trump Officials Used Prisoners in El Salvador as Bargaining Chips Despite Repeatedly Claiming They Were Beyond U.S. Control: Report

The NYT report comes on the heels of court filings in which Salvadoran officials confirmed that more than 130 Venezuelan migrants detained in the country's CECOT maximum security prison are in control of the U.S.

Latin Times

Kilmar Abrego Garcia Was Forced To Kneel For 9 Hours And Forbid From Going To The Bathroom While In El Salvador Prison

Kilmar Abrego Garcia detailed the ordeal he went through while at El Salvador's infamous CECOT prison. He alleged "severe mistreatment" and "psychological torture"

Latin Times

Kilmar Ábrego García was tortured in Salvadorian prison, court filing alleges

New court documents allege physical and psychological torture at Cecot in one of first looks at conditions in prison

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Trump’s deal that got migrants shipped to notorious El Salvador prison is only making MS-13 gang stronger: report

Deporting gang leaders allows them to be ‘silenced’ by Bukele, critics fear

The Independent UK

Family Members Of Venezuelans Deported To El Salvador's Mega-Prison Demand Proof of Life

Family members of Venezuelans deported to El Salvador's infamous CECOT mega-prison are demanding proof of life of their loved ones

Latin Times

Mother details ‘nightmare’ after Trump sends son to El Salvador mega-prison where he’s being held incommunicado

Nearly three months later, family members and lawyers still haven’t been able to speak with the men the U.S. summarily sent to El Salvador’s ‘tropical gulag,’ Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

Washington Post Op-Ed Describes Infamous Salvadoran Prison As 'Political Human Zoo,' Decries Use Of Prisoners As Pawns

Carolina Miranda, a former columnist for the LA Times, wrote in the Washington Post an op-ed likening El Salvador's infamous CECOT prison to a human zoo, decrying its use for political purposes

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At least 50 migrants sent to El Salvador prison entered US legally, report finds

Cato analysis goes against Trump administration’s claim that only undocumented people were deported to Cecot

The Guardian - US

WATCH: Venezuelans in El Salvador's Infamous CECOT Prison Plead for Freedom

Dozens of Venezuelans held at El Salvador's high-security Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) appeared in a video this week shouting "freedom" and using hand signals to call for help

Latin Times

Details About Kilmar Abrego Garcia's 'Excellent' New Prison Revealed: 'No Gang Members Work Here'

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father wrongly deported to El Salvador, was moved from CECOT to a lesser known prison housing "trusted inmates."

Latin Times

Democratic Lawmakers Who Traveled to El Salvador Say They Didn't Get Proof of Life for Deported Venezuelan Makeup Artist

Four House Democrats who traveled to El Salvador have requested proof of life for Andry José Hernández Romero, a 19-year-old Venezuelan asylum seeker deportee who is supposed to be detained at the CECOT maximum security prison.

Latin Times

Google Accused of Photoshopping El Salvador Prison in Google Earth After Internet Goes Wild Over 'Blood Stain'

Speculation surrounding a Google Earth image of El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center has increased following a new photo some believe is photoshopped.

Latin Times

Salvadoran President Plans To Double Size Of Infamous Mega-Prison Holding Hundreds Of U.S. Deportees: Report

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele is reportedly planning to double the capacity of the country's massive Terrorism Confinement Center

Latin Times

El Salvador president vows to double size of prison holding US deportees

Donald Trump urged that the prison, which can hold up to 40,000 inmates, be expanded after he threatened to send American citizens who have broken the law

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El Salvador Becoming 'Black Hole' For US Deportees, Critics Fear

Rights groups are increasingly worried that El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison is becoming a "black hole" for the United States to rid itself of expelled migrants or other unwanted people with no legal consequences.

Latin Times

State Department Finally Shares Status of Man Erroneously Deported to El Salvador, Shows No Willingness to Return Him to U.S.

The U.S. State Department has confirmed that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, is alive and currently being held at the CECOT mega-prison

Reason

District Court and Fourth Circuit Order Trump Administration to Return Wrongfully Deported Immigrant

Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia was illegally deported and incarcerated in a Salvadoran prison. The Trump administration admits the deportation was illegal, but claims they can't be required to return him.

Latin Times

ICE Calls Sending American Citizen With 5-Year-Old Son to El Salvador Prison 'Administrative Error'

ICE admitted to sending a Maryland man with protected legal status to El Salvador's infamous CECOT prison. The Trump administration is saying it can't order he be returned

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The Guardian - US

Human rights groups rebuke Kristi Noem’s visit to El Salvador prison: ‘political theater’

Homeland security chief went to infamous prison holding deported Venezuelans as White House targets immigrants

The Guardian - AU

What to know about the El Salvador mega-prison where Trump sent deported Venezuelans

The US has sent hundreds of migrants to El Salvador to be held without trial in Cecot, a controversial prison known for its harsh conditions

Latin Times

Families Of Venezuelan Deportees Deny Gang Ties Fearing For Their Fate At El Salvador's Infamous Mega-Prison

The Trump administration deported 300 Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, taking them to a mega-prison system accused of violating inmates' human rights

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New Photos Reveal Glimpse Into Mega-Prison Where 40k Inmates Can Be Held Indefinitely

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