In an 81-page report released in november, the organization concluded there was systematic "torture and other abuses" at CECOT, and that nearly half of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent there "had no criminal history." We don't know because the Department of Homeland Security has never released a complete list of the names or criminal histories of the men it sent to CECOT. In a declaration to the court, Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained, in part, that bringing the deported Venezuelans to the u.s. for hearings or holding remote ones at this time would risk, quote, "material damage to U.S. foreign policy interests in Venezuela."
Author: Sharyn Alfonsi
Published at: 2026-01-19 00:00:00
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