Comment by hashstring

Watch the video or read this report from Human Rights Watch [1].

> The Trump administration claimed that the majority of Venezuelans sent to CECOT were members of the Venezuelan organized crime group Tren de Aragua.

> Only [3.1% of the 226/252 Venezuelan prisoners in CECOT] had been convicted of a violent or potentially violent offense.

> Human Rights Watch reviewed documents in 58 of the 130 documented cases of people held in CECOT, and all indicated that they did not have criminal records in Venezuela or other countries in Latin America.

CECOT was already found to violate the UN’s minimum treatment of prisoners rights (aka “The Nelson Mandela Rules”) [2] by a report of the US.

Trump’s administration blatantly violates human rights.

Finally, here is a report investigating why the US can use the El Salavador prison [3].

> It has been clear from the beginning what Trump wants from El Salvador: an ally who would accept, and even imprison, deportees. Less clear has been what Bukele might want from the United States. In striking the deal with the Salvadoran president, Trump has effectively undercut the Vulcan investigation and shielded Bukele from further scrutiny, current and former U.S. officials said.

[1] https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/11/12/you-have-arrived-in-he...

[2] https://www.unodc.org/documents/justice-and-prison-reform/Ne...

[3] https://www.propublica.org/article/bukele-trump-el-salvador-...