Lawyers for jailed Venezuelan migrants accuse El Salvador of 'torture'
Source: Agence France-Presse
Lawyers for jailed Venezuelan migrants accuse El Salvador of 'torture'
Issued on: 16/05/2025 - 17:09Modified: 16/05/2025 - 18:07
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San Salvador (AFP) – Lawyers for 252 Venezuelans deported by US President Donald Trump's administration and imprisoned in El Salvador for two months alleged Friday that the migrants are victims of physical and emotional "torture."
A law firm hired by the Venezuelan government said that it had been unable to visit the migrants in the mega-prison where they are locked up.
The lawyers are seeking "proof of life," but say they have come up against a wall of silence from President Nayib Bukele's administration and the Central American nation's justice system.
Grupo Ortega filed a habeas corpus petition with the Supreme Court on March 24 seeking an end to what it calls the "illegal detention" of the Venezuelans, but is still waiting for a ruling.
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