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Inside CECOT, El Salvador's notorious prison, where inmates never see the light of day
The Salvadoran prison, where Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being held, keeps inmates tightly confined with little ...
Republicans deny Democrats’ requests for El Salvador oversight trips
House Republican committee chairs are denying Democrats’ requests to travel to El Salvador and visit its CECOT prison ...
Inside the ‘Tropical Gulag’ in El Salvador Where U.S. Detainees Are Being Held
A U.S. senator was denied entry to a prison holding Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia and other deportees. The authorities ...
Van Hollen in El Salvador: 'Open the door of CECOT and let this innocent man walk out'
Sen. Chris Van Hollen said there's no evidence the Trump administration is taking steps to release a Maryland man wrongly ...
El Salvador to DOUBLE size of world’s biggest prison to 80k inmates as Trump hints he could send ‘homegrown criminals’
EL Salvador is to double the size of the world’s biggest prison to house up to 80,000 inmates as President Trump hints he ...
West Virginia congressman posts selfie with inmates at maximum security El Salvador prison
U.S. Rep. Riley Moore, a Republican from West Virginia’s 2nd District, made a post on social media Tuesday that is sparking a ...
Van Hollen stopped at military checkpoint on way to Salvadoran prison
Van Hollen was stopped by at a military checkpoint and turned away from arriving at CECOT prison in El Salvador to check on ...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen says Abrego Garcia described being ‘traumatized’ at CECOT, has been moved to different detention center
Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Friday detailed his recent meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying the Maryland man wrongfully deported to El Salvador described being “traumatized” by his time at the ...