Report Documents Torture of Venezuelan Migrants Deported to El Salvador

El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele y acompañantes, en un recorrido por el interior del Centro Penitenciario contra el Terrorismo, CECOT. Foto: Casa Presidencial, El Salvador https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotospresidencia_sv/53255984689/, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=139073110
“You Have Arrived in Hell” is the title of a recent investigation published by human rights organizations in the United States and El Salvador. The report documents torture and abuse committed against a group of Venezuelan immigrants sent by the United States to a mega-prison in El Salvador in exchange for a payment of several million dollars, although the prisoners were later deported to Venezuela. Rubén Tapia has prepared the following summary of the report’s main conclusions.
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Photo: Casa Presidencial, El Salvador , CC0

