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US Deportees to El Salvador Face Torture, Report Reveals

11/12/2025

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A joint report by Human Rights Watch and Cristosal finds that over 252 Venezuelans deported from the U.S. to El Salvador faced torture at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).
Many deportees were asylum seekers, and about half had no criminal records.
The report accuses U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration of complicity.
The report notes that action remains unlikely.
It also compares the abuses to Abu Ghraib.

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Story summary

A joint report by Human Rights Watch and Cristosal finds that over 252 Venezuelans deported from the U.S. to El Salvador faced torture at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).
Many deportees were asylum seekers, and about half had no criminal records.
The report accuses U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration of complicity.
The report notes that action remains unlikely.
It also compares the abuses to Abu Ghraib.