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  • Latin Times: Salvadoran Prison Chief Overseeing Trump Deportees Has Been Sanctioned By The U.S. For Negotiating With Gangs: Report – Discussion

    Latin Times: Salvadoran Prison Chief Overseeing Trump Deportees Has Been Sanctioned By The U.S. For Negotiating With Gangs: Report – Discussion

    Latin Times: Salvadoran Prison Chief Overseeing Trump Deportees Has Been Sanctioned By The U.S. For Negotiating With Gangs: Report

    By Demian Bio

    https://www.latintimes.com/salvadoran-prison-chief-overseeing-trump-deportees-has-been-sanctioned-us-negotiating-gangs-583691

    The Latin Times article reports that Osiris Luna, El Salvador’s prison director, has been sanctioned by the U.S. for allegedly negotiating with gangs. These negotiations purportedly involved reducing homicides and garnering political support for President Nayib Bukele in exchange for better treatment of incarcerated gang leaders. Such treatment included privileges like access to cellphones and other benefits. Luna oversees the country’s prisons, including the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), where hundreds of Venezuelan migrants deported by the Trump administration have been detained. The U.S. deported these individuals under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, labeling them as gang members, often based on minimal evidence such as tattoos. Bukele’s administration has also resisted extraditing MS-13 leaders to the U.S., raising speculation about his desire to keep their testimony out of American courts, which could potentially expose secret dealings between his government and gang leaders.

  • El Pais: The ordeal of eight Venezuelan women deported to El Salvador and rejected by Bukele’s government – Discussion

    El Pais: The ordeal of eight Venezuelan women deported to El Salvador and rejected by Bukele’s government – Discussion

    https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-14/the-ordeal-of-eight-venezuelan-women-deported-to-el-salvador-and-rejected-by-bukeles-government.html


    By CARLA GLORIA COLOMÉ

    The article from El País details the harrowing experience of eight Venezuelan women who were deported from the United States to El Salvador in March 2025 under the Trump administration’s immigration policies. These women were not informed of their destination and believed they were being returned to Venezuela. Instead, after a stopover in Guatemala, they were flown to El Salvador.

    Upon arrival, Salvadoran authorities refused to accept them, citing that the high-security prison designated for deportees, CECOT, was exclusively for men. Consequently, the women were returned to the U.S. without disembarking in El Salvador. Throughout this ordeal, the women reported being misled and mistreated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, including being coerced into signing documents falsely stating their affiliation with the Tren de Aragua gang.

    As of the article’s publication, three of the women had been sent back to Venezuela, while five remained detained in the United States under reportedly inhumane conditions. Their families continue to seek justice and clarity regarding their treatment and the legal processes involved.