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Beatings, Humiliation, Psychological Abuse: What Venezuelan Men Experienced Inside CECOT

Juan José Ramos, Andry Blanco Bonilla and Wilmer Vega Sandia are three of more than 230 Venezuelan men sent by the Trump administration to a maximum security Salvadoran prison in March. They and their families didn’t know if they’d leave CECOT alive. After being released on July 18, here the men speak out poignantly about the multiple abuses they suffered. Neither Ramos, nor Blanco Bonilla nor Vega Sandia are flagged as having a criminal conviction or pending charges in U.S. government data we obtained, and we found no criminal records for them either. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said these men “are all members of the vicious Tren de Aragua gang. Tren de Aragua is one of the most violent and ruthless terrorist gangs on planet earth.” El Salvador claims the men were under the jurisdiction and legal responsibility of the U.S. The U.S. claims it is not responsible for the conditions of the men’s detention in El Salvador. The Trump administration pledged millions of dollars to El Salvador to hold the deportees in CECOT. Read more: https://www.propublica.org/article/ve... Additional reporting: Gabriel Sandoval - ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/propublica.org Follow us on X/Twitter:   / propublica   Follow us on Instagram:   / propublica   Follow us on TikTok:   / propublica   Follow us on Facebook:   / propublica   Follow us on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@propublica Follow us on Mastodon: https://newsie.social/@ProPublica Follow us on LinkedIn:   / propublica   Donate to support our work: https://propub.li/3WE9AMv Sign up for our weekly newsletter: http://propub.li/2oyN8DY Submit a tip: https://www.propublica.org/tips/