Venezuelan man deported to CECOT prison sues U.S. for $1.3 million
A Venezuelan man who was deported from the U.S. and detained at CECOT prison in El Salvador has become the first known ex-prisoner to sue the U.S. for damages.
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A Venezuelan man who was deported from the U.S. and detained at CECOT prison in El Salvador has become the first known ex-prisoner to sue the U.S. for damages.
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Venezuelans spent months in a Salvadoran prison after being sent there by the U.S. Imprisoned men described torture — and research and records back up many of their claims.
The U.S. sent hundreds of Venezuelan men to a Salvadoran mega-prison. Two of those men describe beatings that occurred during months imprisoned in "hell."
The U.S. sent hundreds of Venezuelan men to a Salvadoran mega-prison. Two of those men describe beatings that occurred during months imprisoned in "hell."
A federal judge gave the Trump administration two weeks to submit a plan to either return a group of men previously held at a notorious Salvadoran prison to the U.S., or give them a hearing to contest allegations of gang membership.
A federal judge ruled on Monday that a group of Venezuelan men deported to the infamous CECOT prison in El Salvador back in March were denied due process and the U.S. government should help facilitate their return or some kind of remote hearing. The administration can still appeal. Vlad Duthiers reports.
CBS News postponed a "60 Minutes" report about the Trump administration's decision to send Venezuelans and others it says entered the U.S. illegally to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said in an internal email to colleagues that the story was "factually correct," but CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss said in a statement that holding stories that "lack sufficient context" or are "missing critical voices happens every day in every newsroom," and she looks "forward to airing this important piece when it's ready."
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador and later returned to the U.S., has officially been released from ICE custody, his attorney says. This comes after a federal judge in Maryland ordered his release earlier Thursday. CBS News justice reporter Jake Rosen has more.
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A recent watchdog report alleges that the Venezuelan migrants who were deported to El Salvador's CECOT mega prison were subjected to "constant beatings" and other actions that may constitute torture under international law. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.
A report released by human rights groups found that the treatment of Venezuelan migrants imprisoned in El Salvador's CECOT prison amounted to arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance.
The seizure comes as President Donald Trump has declared war on Latin American drug traffickers and designated cartels foreign terrorist organizations.
A lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he has asked a judge to reopen his immigration proceedings and is seeking asylum in the United States.
"The risk to public health in the United States from this introduction is very low," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador earlier this year. He was released from pre-trial detention on Friday, and a senior Department of Homeland Security official said he could be deported to Uganda. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the details.
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U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled in April that probable cause existed to find the Trump administration in criminal contempt over its removal of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.
A federal judge has ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be released from federal custody. Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March. The U.S. eventually brought him back to the U.S., but quickly charged him with human smuggling.
A Tennessee judge is weighing whether to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia, once mistakenly deported to El Salvador, as he awaits his human smuggling trial. After arguments in court on Wednesday, the judge said he will not make a decision until next week. CBS News correspondent Nicole Valdes reports.
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A Venezuelan man who was deported from the U.S. and detained at CECOT prison in El Salvador has become the first known ex-prisoner to sue the U.S. for damages.
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