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11/13/2025, 5:11:16 PM
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11/13/2025, 5:11:16 PM
No.521303046
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Guards also confiscated food and hygiene products that had been distributed prior to the visit.
In April, riot police retaliated against the men after they protested guards pepper-spraying a detainee who had fainted, firing rubber pellets at close range.
During a hunger strike, the men even used their own blood to write “we are migrants, not terrorists” on a bedsheet.
In addition to beatings, the Venezuelans were denied all contact with family and lawyers while held in inhumane conditions. They described dirty, moldy cells and water infested with visible vermin, used both for drinking and bathing once a day. 37 of 40 former detainees reported falling ill during their detention.
The report concludes that CECOT “appears to have been built to violate the dignity and rights of the people held there.”
The Venezuelan migrants interviewed by HRW and Cristosal said guards repeatedly told them they would never leave CECOT alive and that their loved ones had forgotten them.
Some former detainees said the abuse left them feeling suicidal. “I wake up traumatized, thinking they’re going to arrest me and beat me again,” said one man, identified as Felipe C. Another added, “I feel like I’ve lost everything.”
The organizations are now calling on DJT to halt the deportation of third-country nationals to El Salvador. They also recommend that DJT revoke the Alien Enemies Act proclamation, and that Venezuelans deported to El Salvador under the act be given a chance to return to the US to pursue asylum claims.
Human Rights Watch’s Washington director Sarah Yager said the White House, when presented with the findings of the report, repeated that the men sent to El Salvador were criminals.
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Via MotherJones/HRW
~Ms. G, J.D.
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Guards also confiscated food and hygiene products that had been distributed prior to the visit.
In April, riot police retaliated against the men after they protested guards pepper-spraying a detainee who had fainted, firing rubber pellets at close range.
During a hunger strike, the men even used their own blood to write “we are migrants, not terrorists” on a bedsheet.
In addition to beatings, the Venezuelans were denied all contact with family and lawyers while held in inhumane conditions. They described dirty, moldy cells and water infested with visible vermin, used both for drinking and bathing once a day. 37 of 40 former detainees reported falling ill during their detention.
The report concludes that CECOT “appears to have been built to violate the dignity and rights of the people held there.”
The Venezuelan migrants interviewed by HRW and Cristosal said guards repeatedly told them they would never leave CECOT alive and that their loved ones had forgotten them.
Some former detainees said the abuse left them feeling suicidal. “I wake up traumatized, thinking they’re going to arrest me and beat me again,” said one man, identified as Felipe C. Another added, “I feel like I’ve lost everything.”
The organizations are now calling on DJT to halt the deportation of third-country nationals to El Salvador. They also recommend that DJT revoke the Alien Enemies Act proclamation, and that Venezuelans deported to El Salvador under the act be given a chance to return to the US to pursue asylum claims.
Human Rights Watch’s Washington director Sarah Yager said the White House, when presented with the findings of the report, repeated that the men sent to El Salvador were criminals.
Sources/Links in comments.
Via MotherJones/HRW
~Ms. G, J.D.
5/5