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Returned Deportee Alleges Torture in El Salvador’s High-Security Prison

He awaits trial in Tennessee on human-smuggling charges after the government made unverified claims of gang affiliation

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Ein zu Unrecht aus den USA abgeschobener und inzwischen zurückgeführter Mann ist in seinem Heimatland El Salvador nach eigenen Angaben misshandelt worden. Er sei geschlagen und seelisch gefoltert worden, hieß es in einer Eingabe seiner Anwälte.
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Overview

  • The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on May 5 that his March removal from Maryland was improper and ordered his return under a 2019 deportation protection order.
  • In a lawsuit filed July 3, his attorneys say Cecot prison guards subjected him to severe beatings, sleep deprivation and psychological abuse.
  • Court documents report that he lost about 14 kilograms in two weeks and endured forced overnight kneeling and constant bright lights in an overcrowded cell.
  • Upon repatriation in early June, he was taken into custody in Tennessee and charged with smuggling migrants without valid papers based on disputed evidence.
  • The Department of Homeland Security and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi continue to defend the deportation decision and repeat unsubstantiated MS-13 affiliation claims.