While his wife—then pregnant—entered the U.S., Lainerke was detained at his appointment in San Diego due to a prior deportation. He was transferred between Arizona and Texas detention centers. On March 14, 2025, he told his father he was being deported. Shortly after, his name disappeared from the detention system, and days later, his name appeared on a list of Venezuelans secretly deported to El Salvador and placed in the CECOT prison. His family has had no contact with him since.
Lainerke is a 30 year old man who left Venezuela on December 18, 2023, embarking on a perilous journey through the Darien. Upon arriving in Mexico, he began working while waiting for his CBP1 processing appointment, which was assigned for March 2024. At the time, he was accompanied by a group of friends and his wife, who had not been scheduled for appointments. Lainerke decided to voluntarily turn himself in with them so that they could all be together. However, the women were released, but Lainerke was denied the same fate and was deported back to Mexico.
After his deportation, Lainerke returned to Mexico City, a process that took him more than a week. There he continued to work and reapplied for an immigration appointment, which was granted on October 3, 2024. It is important to note that his wife, who had managed to enter the United States, was pregnant at the time. However, when Lainerke attended his appointment in San Diego, California, he was detained by immigration authorities.
During detention, Lainerke informed his family that the reason for his arrest was that he had been previously deported, and they were requesting additional documentation, including a criminal record and the birth certificate of his daughter, who was born days after his appointment, on October 9, 2024. Lainerke was subsequently transferred to a detention center in Arizona, where he was held for approximately 15 days before being transferred to Texas.
On Friday, March 14, 2025, Lainerke contacted his father to let him know that he was going to be deported, expressing his exhaustion and the possibility that his deportation would be to Mexico or Venezuela, as he had been informed by immigration personnel. The call occurred around 8:00 PM, and from that moment on, his family had no further news of him. Two days later, his family saw news related to deportations, although they did not immediately follow up with because they did not make the connection between Lainerke and El Salvador, let alone gangs. However, on Monday, the concern increased when they noticed that the news alerted that the deportations were mostly of Venezuelans, which generated a climate of anguish in his family environment.
On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, Lainerke’s wife contacted the detention center in Texas, where she was informed that he had not been in the country for three days. This information led his family to assume that Lainerke had been transferred to El Salvador. Subsequently, lists of names of deportees began to circulate on social networks, and on Wednesday, March 19 or Thursday, March 20, Lainerke’s name was confirmed on the lists. Since then they have had no contact of any kind with him, no news, they do not know how he is, or if he has had access to any lawyer.
Lainerke es un hombre de 30 años que salió de Venezuela el 18 de diciembre de 2023, emprendiendo un peligroso viaje a través del Darién. Al llegar a México, comenzó a trabajar mientras esperaba su cita de procesamiento con CBP One, la cual fue asignada para marzo de 2024. En ese momento, iba acompañado por un grupo de amigos y su esposa, quien no tenía una cita asignada. Lainerke decidió entregarse voluntariamente con ellos para que pudieran estar juntos. Sin embargo, las mujeres fueron liberadas, pero a Lainerke no se le concedió el mismo destino y fue deportado de regreso a México.
Tras su deportación, Lainerke regresó a Ciudad de México, un proceso que le tomó más de una semana. Allí continuó trabajando y volvió a solicitar una cita de inmigración, que le fue otorgada para el 3 de octubre de 2024. Es importante señalar que su esposa, quien logró ingresar a Estados Unidos, estaba embarazada en ese momento. Sin embargo, cuando Lainerke asistió a su cita en San Diego, California, fue detenido por las autoridades migratorias.
Durante la detención, Lainerke informó a su familia que la razón de su arresto fue haber sido previamente deportado, y que le estaban solicitando documentación adicional, incluyendo antecedentes penales y el acta de nacimiento de su hija, quien nació días después de su cita, el 9 de octubre de 2024. Posteriormente, Lainerke fue trasladado a un centro de detención en Arizona, donde permaneció aproximadamente 15 días antes de ser transferido a Texas.
El viernes 14 de marzo de 2025, Lainerke se comunicó con su padre para informarle que iba a ser deportado, expresando su agotamiento y la posibilidad de que su deportación fuera a México o Venezuela, según le habían informado los funcionarios de inmigración. La llamada ocurrió alrededor de las 8:00 PM, y desde ese momento, su familia no volvió a tener noticias suyas. Dos días después, su familia vio noticias relacionadas con deportaciones, aunque en ese momento no hicieron la conexión entre Lainerke y El Salvador, mucho menos con las pandillas. No fue sino hasta el lunes cuando aumentó la preocupación al notar que las noticias advertían que la mayoría de los deportados eran venezolanos, lo cual generó un ambiente de angustia en su entorno familiar.
El martes 18 de marzo de 2025, la esposa de Lainerke se comunicó con el centro de detención en Texas, donde le informaron que él no se encontraba en el país desde hacía tres días. Esta información llevó a su familia a asumir que Lainerke había sido trasladado a El Salvador. Posteriormente, comenzaron a circular en redes sociales listas con nombres de deportados, y el miércoles 19 o jueves 20 de marzo, se confirmó el nombre de Lainerke en dichas listas. Desde entonces no han tenido ningún tipo de contacto con él, no tienen noticias, no saben cómo está ni si ha tenido acceso a un abogado.
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