US ramping up aggression in Latin America:

"The United States is deploying three Aegis guided-missile destroyers to the waters off Venezuela"

https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-destroyers-maduro-drug-cartels-e33794ebc24d9031e536d132ce205b4c

"Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum denied her administration had an agreement with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Tuesday, hours after the U.S. agency announced 'a major new initiative' to collaborate in the fight against drug cartels."

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-dea-us-border-drugs-f162fddcb6861b153f2cc166f3c2682d

#Mexico#Venezuela#USpol

US ramping up aggression in Latin America:

"The United States is deploying three Aegis guided-missile destroyers to the waters off Venezuela"

https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-destroyers-maduro-drug-cartels-e33794ebc24d9031e536d132ce205b4c

"Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum denied her administration had an agreement with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Tuesday, hours after the U.S. agency announced 'a major new initiative' to collaborate in the fight against drug cartels."

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-dea-us-border-drugs-f162fddcb6861b153f2cc166f3c2682d

#Mexico#Venezuela#USpol

Over the past four months, I documented the lives of five families whose sons had been imprisoned in El Salvador, including their long-awaited reunions.

This is how CECOT left a mark on my countrymen, their loved ones and Venezuela.
https://www.propublica.org/article/cecot-released-family-reunions-photos?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Trump#Immigration#Family#Photography#Photo#Venezuela #ElSalvador

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Adam Carrasquillo tells the story of Jesus Teran, who fled oppression in Venezuela, where he was trained to be a civil engineer, and became a carpenter in the US. He went for a check-in at the ICE office in Pittsburgh and was arrested on July 8, though he's followed all laws.

"Jesus’s detention resembles thousands of other stories that are quickly defining American society in the age of Trump deportations."

#Trump#StephenMiller#ICE#Venezuela #immigrants
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/his-name-is-jesus-carpenter-arrested-ice-venezuela-pennsylvania-immigration

Adam Carrasquillo tells the story of Jesus Teran, who fled oppression in Venezuela, where he was trained to be a civil engineer, and became a carpenter in the US. He went for a check-in at the ICE office in Pittsburgh and was arrested on July 8, though he's followed all laws.

"Jesus’s detention resembles thousands of other stories that are quickly defining American society in the age of Trump deportations."

#Trump#StephenMiller#ICE#Venezuela #immigrants
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/his-name-is-jesus-carpenter-arrested-ice-venezuela-pennsylvania-immigration

Prefacing a difficult-to-read report on the testimony of men now freed from CECOT, ProPublica states,

"We interviewed nine men for this story. They are bewildered, frightened, angry. Some said their feelings about what happened were still so raw they had trouble finding words to describe them. All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment."

#Trump#StephenMiller #ElSalvador#Venezuela #immigrants #torture
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https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump

After being released from Salvadoran prison CECOT, Albert Jesús Rodríguez 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

#News#Immigration#Venezuela #ElSalvador#Immigrants#Deportation#ICE

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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.

To help us investigate, fill out this form or contact us via Signal at 917-512-0201 or WhatsApp at 917-327-4868.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/help-propublica-report-venezuelans-deported-cecot?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#CECOT#Immigration#Deportation#Immigrants#ICE#Venezuela #ElSalvador

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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

#News#CECOT#Immigration#Immigrants#Venezuela #ElSalvador#Trump#Deportation#ICE

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

#News#CECOT#Immigration#Immigrants#Venezuela #ElSalvador#Trump#Deportation#ICE

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.

To help us investigate, fill out this form or contact us via Signal at 917-512-0201 or WhatsApp at 917-327-4868.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/help-propublica-report-venezuelans-deported-cecot?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#CECOT#Immigration#Deportation#Immigrants#ICE#Venezuela #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

#News#Immigration#Trump#Deportation#ICE #ElSalvador#Venezuela