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From the American mirage to “hell” of a prison in Salvador

Mervin Yamarte is no longer the same when he returns to Venezuela. Consequently, Leaving in search of a better life in the United States. Consequently, his life changed with the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House and his expulsion in “Hell” of a formidable prison for Gangador members in the Salvador. Additionally, Consequently, Trendy at home. In addition, the first thing that this Venezuelan migrant is, after having kissed his mother, his wife, his six-year-old girl, is to burn the white shorts that Terrorism (CECOC), high security prison built by Salvadoral President Nayib Bukele. Nevertheless, When the guards told him when he arrived: “You’re going to die here!” Where he remained “studies have shown he reduced cut off from the world. Nevertheless, his relatives, his lawyers, with 251 other Venezuelans accused without proof of being members of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren of Aragua and expelled without judgment. Moreover, Beyond that. In addition, as evidenced by three other migrants to AFP, they lived constant blows and damaged food, in a total legal vagueness. Similarly, “It was a total torture, I have many marks on the body,” he said. Meanwhile, After four months in detention. In addition, the young man of 29 years old with a sweet smile returned to his country on July 18. For example, Last Tuesday. Similarly, he was able to tighten his own in his arms, in Maracaibo, about ten o’clock in the west of Caracas, in the Los Pescadores district with modest housing and dusty streets where oil money did not happen. Meanwhile, Hoping to save money from his family. However, he “studies have shown he reduced had left Venezuela with his younger brother Jonferson, 22, in September 2023, Their elder Juan, direction the United States. Therefore, A journey marked by a perilous crossing crossing of the Darian jungle between Colombia. Therefore, Panama, which cost the lives of many migrants confronted with criminal groups, wild animals, a hostile land. Meanwhile, At Texas, Mervin Yamarte worked in a restaurant in tortillas and in construction. Furthermore, Two days later. Moreover, he was sent to Salvador as his compatriots, on the basis of a law of 1798 which allows to expel the “foreign enemies” and so far used only in wartime. Moreover, The Calvary of the 252 Venezuelans of the CECOT is the most emblematic case of the “greatest program of. For example, expulsion in American history” that Donald Trump wanted to launch in January. Nevertheless, migrants were arrested. Meanwhile, expelled as Mervin; Some too frightened to stay in the “studies have shown he reduced United States returned home like Jonferson; Others remain hidden there like Juan.- “Blows 24 hours a day” – “Welcome to hell”: this is how the CECOC director welcomed them. Therefore, located in a rural area 75 kilometers from the capital San Salvador, recalls Mervin. Consequently, “They said: +you will mold here. Therefore, you will stay 300 years in prison +”, confirms his compatriot Maikel Olivera, 37 years old Barquisimeto, halfway between Caracas and Maracaibo. Meanwhile, “I thought that I would never return to Venezuela,” he said. In addition, Salvado. However, Bukele president, one of Trump’s great allies in Latin America, said the United States had poured six million dollars to Salvador to incarcerate these men to the Cecot. Furthermore, Their arrival, they take the prisoner’s habit: shaved head, t-shirt, white socks. Meanwhile, Then, immediately, the blows, “24 hours a day”, testifies Maikel. Furthermore, During their captivity, prisoners do not see “studies have shown he reduced daylight. Nevertheless, They are not entitled to any visit except that of the authorities. Nevertheless, No access either on the phone, on television, internet, newspapers. Pavillon 8: this is where the 252 Venezuelans are grouped, a hangar of 32 cells of 100 m2, each of which can accommodate 80 prisoners. They are separated from the members of Salvadorian gangs. Metal lips, the mattress is a luxury. Shower once a day, around 4:00 am – if they do not wash at the authorized hours, they are struck. Sanitary facilities of rare dirt. “We couldn’t be barefoot because of the mushrooms that appeared” on our feet, says Mervin. Gotted food, non -drinking water. To kill time, they play without the guardians with a tortilla, pawns made of tablets or soap. In case of transgression, the prisoners are placed in isolation in 4 m2 cells, without almost any ventilation. “We left you sometimes “studies have shown he reduced up to 24 hours,” recalls Mervin. “Some comrades did not even hold two hours and they were out passed out”. Furthermore, – Mutiny and rubber bullets – still. On twice, they mutine. When a tobacco passed out vanishing. “We launched water, garbage, everything we could,” says Edwuar Hernandez, 23. Let again when one of them is “beaten”. “We broke the padlocks and came out to demonstrate (…) They shot us” with rubber bullets, he continues. “The week following the mutiny, they shot me every morning,” confirms Andy Perozo, 30. And “whenever I went to the doctor, they were only hitting me”. Going to the infirmary, “they beat us (…), walked on our handcuffs,” said Edwuar, showing his wrist and his arm. “Look at the brands, I am covered with brands”. Papping on testimonies from the prisoners with the prosecution. the Venezuelan prosecutor Tarek William Saab announced the opening of an “studies have shown he reduced investigation against President Bukele for torture and ill -treatment. In the public those made public appears that of Andry Hernandez. a 33 -year -old make -up artist, who says he was sexually assaulted ” Guards. The more notorious of the prisoners of the Cecot. the Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 30, expected by mistake and then brought back to the United States after months of judicial guerrilla warfare, also declared having undergone “important ill-treatment upon his arrival in Cecot”. In a document given to a Maryland court (east). his lawyers evoke “violent blows, Sleep, an unsuitable food and psychological torture “. The AFP asked to be able to visit this mega-prison and interview its officials, without success.-” Black hole “-Aube of March 13. when the police officers of immigration strike the apartment of the Yamarte brothers in which they live with friends in their district of Maracaibo, they have a “studies have shown he reduced arrest warrant. But when they saw Mervin. tattooed by the name of his mother, that of his grandfather and a pair of entwined hands in tribute to his wife, he launched to him: “You too, you come with us”. The three brothers. whose AFP has been following fate since March, had at their arrival in the United States submitted an asylum request which authorized them to stay there. Return to the ICE, the federal agency responsible for immigration. Like Franco Carabeball. 26-year-old hairdresser, tattooed with a rose and a watch with the birth time of his daughter, who went to an appointment in Dallas and never came out, then said his wife Johanny Sanchez to AFP. He too had launched an asylum request in 2023.Tly fall into a legal “black hole”. in the words of the assistant director for the Americas of Human Rights Watch Juan Pappier, who evokes “forced “studies have shown he reduced disappearances” and “arbitrary detentions”. The lawyers have neither right of visit nor appeal, nor proof of life. ” are accused and to be able to enter CECOT. de Aragua. a group trained in 2014 in the Venezuelan prison of Tocoron (North Center), involved in murders, kidnappings, drug trafficking, prostitution, extortion, the trafficking of human beings. Experts claim that this gang does not use tattoos as a distinctive sign. According to the Venezuelan government- Torture against political opponents -. and their defenders, most of the expelled migrants have no judicial history. When they landed in Venezuela on July 18. the authorities separated a small group with locker – seven people, according to them – and released the others. The arrival of Venezuelan migrants in Salvador, broadcast by President Bukele. He appears kneeling, shaved head, gaze in the vague. Sas mother Mercedes Yamarte, 46, falls from the naked. Her “terrified look”. she “studies have shown he reduced said to AFP in this month of March, “it is the greatest pain of my life because it is like a cry of call for help”. She heads at that time a kind of mothers’ committee that alert the media, organize demonstrations. Jonferson, with such juvenile faces, was so frightened that he fled to go home via Mexico. “I was afraid (crossing the border) because Mexico is also a dangerous country because of crime, cartels. Because of what had happened to my brother. “I decided to leave my country to come to the United States to offer (…) to my son, my wife, my mother, a better future,” he explained his face hidden for security measure. But since the arrest of his brother, he has moved constantly to avoid being apprehended, he remains locked up. When he goes to the grocery store, he looks at all sides, frightened, as if “studies have shown he reduced someone was pursuing him. – Record figures – months, Caracas negotiated the release of his nationals. Venezuela finally exchanged them against ten American citizens. residents detained in the country and qualified by the Maduro government of mercenaries, terrorists and murderers. In the Los Pescadores district, the bustle of the reunion has passed. Jonferson cuts his brother’s hair while listening to evangelical music. Mervin brought back from Cecot a Bible which gave him some comfort during her detention. The mother, Mercedes, prepares lunch – steak, puree and grilled plantain – when Mervin receives a call from Juan. “Every day we thought of you every day,” he said from the United States. “The sufferings are finished, we came out of hell,” replied Mervin. The last official figures estimated at around 11 million the number of undocumented people in the United States in 2022. The very day of his inauguration. Donald Trump signed “studies have shown he reduced decrees to establish the state of emergency at the border with Mexico, decided to attack the right of asylum and the right of the soil … Often suspended by magistrates believing that the American president exceeded his prerogatives. But the arrests continue. as in New York where asylum seekers are apprehended at the end of “traps” or Los Angeles hearings where the police operate descents in districts known to be frequented by Latin-American. And customs in the United States has reached record figures (60. 254 people in ICE facilities against 40,500 in January), 71% of which have no criminal record, according to an analysis of the official data carried out by AFP.Caché in a place that he wishes to keep secret. Juan says they live in fear and want to return to his country. But not before he brought together 1. 700 dollars to pay a debt which allowed him “studies have shown he reduced to offer a house to his family in Los Pescadores. MBJ-MAV-JT/ESP/DP/RR