Venezuelans in El Salvador prison plead for freedom in video
Source: Reuters
Venezuelans in El Salvador prison plead for freedom in video
Kristina Cooke and Ted Hesson
Tue, May 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM EDT 3 min read
(Reuters) - Venezuelans held in a high-security prison in El Salvador shouted “freedom” and used a hand signal for help in a video published by the far-right One America News Network, a rare glimpse of the detainees since they were sent there by the U.S. in March.
Matt Gaetz, a former U.S. lawmaker and ally of President Donald Trump, toured the prison with the conservative news outlet and Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna. As part of the tour on May 9, they visited the wing of the prison holding the deported Venezuelans, who the Trump administration alleges are members of the gang Tren de Aragua, OANN said.
Video footage showed dozens of men pressed up against cell bars clad in white prison-issue shorts and shirts or shirtless. The men shouted as the tour passed through but could be heard calling to be liberated and saying “Venezuela.”
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not comment on the video footage, and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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