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Venezuelan migrants accused by the U.S. of belonging to the Tren de Aragua criminal gang are seen being transferred from the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) in El Salvador before being repatriated to Caracas on July 18, 2025 in La Paz, El Salvador. El Salvador Press Presidency Office/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption El Salvador Press Presidency Office/Anadolu via …

Venezuelan men who were deported by the US to a notorious prison in El Salvador without due process are speaking out about treatment they described as “hell” and like a “horror movie”, after arriving back home. A total of 252 Venezuelan nationals were repatriated in the last week in a deal between the US and Venezuelan governments, with many able …

LOBATERA, Venezuela (AP) — Carlos Uzcátegui tightly hugged his sobbing wife and stepdaughter on Wednesday as the morning fog in western Venezuela lifted. The family’s first embrace in more than a year finally convinced him that his nightmare inside a prison in El Salvador was over. Uzcátegui was among the migrants being reunited with loved ones after four months in …

Facebook Tweet Email Link For months, they say, they were beaten by prison guards, shot with pellets, deprived of adequate medical care and denied any due process inside El Salvador’s Center for Terrorism Confinement. “(The guards) tortured us physically and psychologically,” said José Mora, one of 252 Venezuelan migrants recently held at the notorious mega-prison known as Cecot, after being …

U.S. deportees, freed from Salvadoran prison, describe ‘horror movie’  The Washington Post ‘I’m free now’: Venezuelans held in El Salvador reunite with families  Reuters Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador  The New York Times Attorneys for wrongly deported Venezuelan asylum seeker will seek criminal contempt proceedings after prisoner swap  CNN Lawyers say Venezuelan migrant ordered returned to US sent …