Trump Sent Them to a Notorious Prison. Torture Followed.
A New York Times investigation reveals that hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, deported by the Trump administration to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, endured systematic physical, psychological, and sexual abuse—amounting to torture—while held without trial. The episode exposes ho
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