In brief
A coalition of migrant rights lawyers has filed a lawsuit with the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, demanding the immediate release of 18 Venezuelan nationals who have been incarcerated in El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center since their deportation from the United States. Their relatives, facing ongoing uncertainty about their well-being, allege that these individuals have been denied due process and are experiencing enforced disappearance.
The families of the deported migrants are raising concerns over the treatment of their loved ones, who were denied the opportunity to seek asylum or any humanitarian protections that could have allowed them to remain in the U.S. Instead, they were forcibly returned to El Salvador as part of a controversial deportation agreement with the Trump administration. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has supported this policy, with reports indicating that at least 288 deportees, primarily from Venezuela, are currently held within CECOT's walls.The lawsuit requests that the commission take action against the Bukele administration, urging for the release of the detained migrants and their safe return to the U.S. or another secure location. With no updates available since March, the families remain in distress, grappling with the unknown fate of their loved ones in a foreign prison.
