Ruth López was detained Sunday in what rights groups say represents a ‘dangerous escalation’ in President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on dissent. The attorney general confirmed the arrest.
Tag: El Salvador
US Lining Up More Countries to Take Its Deportees
Besides El Salvador, where the United States has already sent detainees, Rwanda and Libya have records of mistreating migrant detainees.
El Salvador Put Trump Deportees Behind Bars. Now Their Families Are Suing.
A lawsuit filed with the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights seeks the release of Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States and jailed in a notorious Salvadoran prison.
Rwanda in Talks With Trump Administration to Take in Migrants Deported From U.S.
Discussions with the Central African country come as the Trump administration looks for more countries willing to accept deportees as part of a sweeping crackdown.
Rwanda in Early Talks With U.S. to Take Expelled Migrants
Discussions with the Central African country come as the Trump administration looks for more countries willing to accept deportees as part of a sweeping crackdown.
Lost in the ‘Death Realm’ of El Salvador’s Prisons
President Trump’s decision to send migrants to a Salvadoran prison has set off a national debate in the U.S. In El Salvador, the phenomenon of men disappearing into prisons is all too familiar.
A Mother and Father Were Deported Under Trump. But What Happened to Their Daughter?
The Trump administration sent the mother of a 2-year-old to Venezuela and the father to a Salvadoran prison. Their daughter remains somewhere in the United States.
Democrats Land in El Salvador, Seeking Release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia
The lawmakers said the Salvadoran government had denied their request to meet with a deported Maryland man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. The visit came after a trip by Senator Chris Van Hollen.
Inside El Salvador’s CECOT Prison, Where Abrego Garcia Was Held
A U.S. senator was allowed to meet with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, but he was denied access to where Mr. Abrego Garcia had been held. What is that prison like?
Abrego Garcia Told Chris Van Hollen He Had Been In Isolation in El Salvador Prison
Senator Chris Van Hollen said that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia,who was deported and incarcerated in El Salvador, reported having been transferred after weeks in a maximum-security prison.