Overview

• On July 18, a three-way prisoner swap repatriated 252 Venezuelans from El Salvador’s CECOT prison to Venezuela in exchange for 10 U.S. citizens held by Caracas.
• Neiyerver Adrián León Rengel filed a $1.3 million administrative claim with DHS alleging wrongful removal and sustained physical, verbal and psychological abuse at CECOT.
• U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has expanded a contempt investigation after the administration defied court orders to let deportees challenge their removals and halt the flights.
• Migrants and civil-rights groups have lodged multiple legal claims citing routine beatings, overcrowding, torture and denial of counsel during four months at CECOT.
• Venezuela’s attorney general, Tarek William Saab, opened a criminal probe into President Nayib Bukele over the alleged mistreatment of the deported Venezuelans.