Secret US-El Salvador pact sends deported men straight to prisons, families demand answers
Families of 11 Salvadoran deportees are asking what happened after they were returned under a covert Trump-Bukele agreement that funneled them into El Salvador’s prisons.
The investigation, part of The Deportation Project by Forbidden Stories, traced how a secret arrangement between Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele led to the return of 11 Salvadoran men from the United States. Their families now seek information on their whereabouts, alleging the deportations resulted in enforced disappearances as the men ended up in the prison system. Rights groups say the deal breaches international norms.
Why it matters
It shows how hidden immigration deals can lead to human-rights abuses and prison overcrowding.
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