El Salvador's President Bukele is reportedly preparing to arrest the journalists who have reported on the secret deals Bukele struck with Salvadoran gangs that have enabled his consolidation of power.
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On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.
Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
These are their stories.
https://projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-immigrants-trump-deported-cecot/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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Of the 238 men deported to the prison in El Salvador, DHS data shows:
• 130 had no U.S. criminal histories aside from immigration violations;
• 32 had been convicted of crimes in the U.S.;
• 6 of those were violent crimes.
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We've spent months reporting on the 230+ Venezuelan immigrants the Trump administration sent to CECOT, a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Now that they’ve been returned to Venezuela, we’re continuing to report on who the men are and what they went through.
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How El Salvador’s Government Impeded a U.S. Probe of MS-13
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President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S. investigation of the MS-13 gang.
https://www.propublica.org/article/bukele-trump-el-salvador-ms13-gang-vulcan-corruption-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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U.S. agents suspected Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and some in his inner circle of diverting USAID funds to MS-13 leaders. Agents sought to review any U.S. bank accounts held by 15 Salvadoran political figures including Bukele, other senior officials and their relatives.
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#cecot is a #deathcamp.
Google satellite photo shows a pile of dead bodies and blood.
Apple has blurred this immediately upon release.
The reluctance to return the US Citizens kidnapped and unlawfully sent there may be because they are already dead at worst, or at best they know exactly what is happening to the others.
But hey, #elsalvador embraced #bitcon as it's currency, so all is good right?
Do NOT enter the country of #ElSalvador as a US citizen who opposes #Trump. They could whisk you away to one of those concentration camps…oops so called “prisons” so fast and you could never be seen again.
I repeat do NOT go to #ElSalvador
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Calling from a Texas detention center, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas told his wife to hit record:
“They detained me simply because of my tattoos. I am not a criminal.”
“Just in case something happens to me, so you can be aware.”
A month later, he was gone.
https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-deportees-trump-immigration-asylum-el-salvador?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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After being released from Salvadoran prison CECOT, Albert JesĂşs RodrĂguez Parra says he was relieved to be home with his family but felt traumatized.
“There is no reason for what I went through,” he said. “I didn’t deserve that.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-immigrant-cecot-release-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in #CECOT
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We interviewed nine Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT in #ElSalvador by the #Trump administration.
Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw.
All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.
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https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
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For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, they open up about the harm they experienced.
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