Venezuela, El Salvador and CECOT
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A little after 9 p.m. local time Friday, Ydalys Chirinos-Polanco texted HuffPost a photo of her beaming next to her 25-year-old son, Ysqueibel Yonaiquer Peñaloza Chirinos. They posed behind a sign that read in Spanish: “Welcome to your country Venezuela. You don’t know how long we’ve waited for this moment. God bless you always.”
Venezuela's Attorney General announced an investigation into El Salvador's President Bukele and officials for alleged mistreatment of Venezuelans in CECOT prison, involving human rights violations. The detainees were part of a controversial deportation by the Trump administration,
A Houston refugee was sent back to Venezuela after months in an El Salvador megaprison, raising concerns over due process and political persecution.
Some ex-CECOT detainees from Venezuela could return to US, official says The Trump administration says it will facilitate the return of former detainees of an El Salvador prison to the U.S. from Venezuela, if required by a court.