Teo Armus
@teoarmus.bsky.social
Metro reporter at @washingtonpost.com, covering Northern Virginia & immigrants in the DMV. Argentino neoyorquino 🇦🇷🗽. Signal: teoarmus.27. Se habla español.
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Teo Armus
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· Nov 18
Hello Bluesky! Is this thing on?
I cover Northern Virginia for @washingtonpost.com, writing about things like: housing, state politics, urbanism, Amazon HQ2, immigrant communities, storm sewers, sports arenas, and (occasionally) reality TV.
And sometimes I tape podcasts in medieval-looking spots.
I cover Northern Virginia for @washingtonpost.com, writing about things like: housing, state politics, urbanism, Amazon HQ2, immigrant communities, storm sewers, sports arenas, and (occasionally) reality TV.
And sometimes I tape podcasts in medieval-looking spots.
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“It’s taking a toll everywhere.”
Charlotte's Border Patrol operation has rippled across the lines of race and class, spilling into tony neighborhoods where many residents gave little thought to how President Trump’s deportation push would affect them.
Charlotte's Border Patrol operation has rippled across the lines of race and class, spilling into tony neighborhoods where many residents gave little thought to how President Trump’s deportation push would affect them.
Border Patrol’s Charlotte sting reaches into country clubs, upscale shops
As undocumented immigrants stayed home and federal agents swept through the city, even the wealthiest neighborhoods got a glimpse of what life without migrants might look like.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“It’s taking a toll everywhere.”
Charlotte's Border Patrol operation has rippled across the lines of race and class, spilling into tony neighborhoods where many residents gave little thought to how President Trump’s deportation push would affect them.
Charlotte's Border Patrol operation has rippled across the lines of race and class, spilling into tony neighborhoods where many residents gave little thought to how President Trump’s deportation push would affect them.
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very lovely day in alexandria, va. this morning
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
very lovely day in alexandria, va. this morning
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Virginia Democrats stick with Jay Jones, electing him attorney general despite violent text messages in which he nonchalantly mused about shooting the former GOP speaker of the House of Delegates in the head. @teoarmus.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Democrat Jay Jones projected to win Virginia attorney general’s race
Democrat Jay Jones and Republican Jason Miyares are battling in a contest for Virginia attorney general that was rocked by violently worded leaked text messages.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Virginia Democrats stick with Jay Jones, electing him attorney general despite violent text messages in which he nonchalantly mused about shooting the former GOP speaker of the House of Delegates in the head. @teoarmus.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Grateful to have my thoughts included in this terrific @washingtonpost.com piece about the gay Republican running to be VA’s Lt Gov by @teoarmus.bsky.social
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This gay Republican could make history. He’d like to talk about something else.
Virginia’s John Reid could become the country’s first openly gay Republican elected to statewide office. Attacks from within his party have made his sexuality an issue, he says.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Grateful to have my thoughts included in this terrific @washingtonpost.com piece about the gay Republican running to be VA’s Lt Gov by @teoarmus.bsky.social
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Virginia is never lacking in political drama when elections come around -- and I'm doing a Reddit AMA with my colleagues Greg Schneider & Erin Cox to answer your questions about races for governor, LG, attorney general & the House of Delegates.
It's tomorrow (10/30) at 2 p.m. ET. Ask away here:
It's tomorrow (10/30) at 2 p.m. ET. Ask away here:
From the Virginia community on Reddit: We’re reporters with The Washington Post who cover Virginia. Ask us anything about the upcoming election!
Explore this post and more from the Virginia community
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October 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Virginia is never lacking in political drama when elections come around -- and I'm doing a Reddit AMA with my colleagues Greg Schneider & Erin Cox to answer your questions about races for governor, LG, attorney general & the House of Delegates.
It's tomorrow (10/30) at 2 p.m. ET. Ask away here:
It's tomorrow (10/30) at 2 p.m. ET. Ask away here:
NEW: The Trump administration’s rush to process thousands of White South Africans as refugees coincides with plans for overall refugee admissions into the US over the next fiscal year set as low as 7,500.
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Trump refugee plan seeks 7,000 Afrikaners — and virtually no one else
The Trump administration’s rush to process thousands of White South Africans as refugees coincides with plans for overall admissions set as low as 7,500.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
NEW: The Trump administration’s rush to process thousands of White South Africans as refugees coincides with plans for overall refugee admissions into the US over the next fiscal year set as low as 7,500.
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A story I wrote from Buenos in Aires in January on meat in Argentina ... suddenly all the more relevant in the U.S. as Trump proposes importing Argentine beef
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In the colossus of beef, Argentines are increasingly turning to pork
Grill-obsessed Argentines, facing inflation and economic shock therapy, consumed less beef per capita in 2024 than at any point in the past century.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A story I wrote from Buenos in Aires in January on meat in Argentina ... suddenly all the more relevant in the U.S. as Trump proposes importing Argentine beef
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NEW: Trump's 30-day crime emergency in DC is over.
But DHS agents are still joining DC police patrols & roll calls, even though DC law bars police from helping fed immigration agents.
The result? Immigrants are ending up in ICE custody.
w/ Emma Uber
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But DHS agents are still joining DC police patrols & roll calls, even though DC law bars police from helping fed immigration agents.
The result? Immigrants are ending up in ICE custody.
w/ Emma Uber
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Trump’s D.C. crime emergency is over. Immigration officers are still patrolling with D.C. police.
The Washington Post reviewed photos and videos of at least half a dozen incidents since Sept. 10. They show D.C. police officers with masked agents in vests labeled HSI for Homeland Security Investiga...
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October 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
NEW: Trump's 30-day crime emergency in DC is over.
But DHS agents are still joining DC police patrols & roll calls, even though DC law bars police from helping fed immigration agents.
The result? Immigrants are ending up in ICE custody.
w/ Emma Uber
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
But DHS agents are still joining DC police patrols & roll calls, even though DC law bars police from helping fed immigration agents.
The result? Immigrants are ending up in ICE custody.
w/ Emma Uber
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Claudia Sheinbaum’s government doesn’t want to ban narcocorridos. They want to compete with them
@teoarmus.bsky.social reports from CDMX
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@teoarmus.bsky.social reports from CDMX
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To fight the narcos, Mexico tries a new approach: A song contest
A Eurovision-style competition to counter narcocorridos, popular songs that romanticize the drug trade, draws viewers — and skeptics.
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September 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Claudia Sheinbaum’s government doesn’t want to ban narcocorridos. They want to compete with them
@teoarmus.bsky.social reports from CDMX
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@teoarmus.bsky.social reports from CDMX
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The Washington Post can't claim to defend free speech while firing Karen Attiah for exercising hers.
The Post should be a newsroom that promotes the freedom of ideas, speech and the press.
The Post should be a newsroom that promotes the freedom of ideas, speech and the press.
Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah
September 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Washington Post can't claim to defend free speech while firing Karen Attiah for exercising hers.
The Post should be a newsroom that promotes the freedom of ideas, speech and the press.
The Post should be a newsroom that promotes the freedom of ideas, speech and the press.
NEW: ICE has arrested so many people in Trump's D.C. crackdown that it's crowding the agency’s Northern Virginia processing site, lawyers say, creating "dangerous" conditions in a site not meant to keep people overnight.
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ICE holding facilities overcrowded amid surge in immigration arrests
Immigration agents have arrested so many people in their D.C. crackdown that they are crowding the agency’s processing site in Northern Virginia, lawyers say.
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September 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
NEW: ICE has arrested so many people in Trump's D.C. crackdown that it's crowding the agency’s Northern Virginia processing site, lawyers say, creating "dangerous" conditions in a site not meant to keep people overnight.
w/ Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff & @marialuisapaul.bsky.social
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told lovingly and beautifully by the brilliant @teoarmus.bsky.social
Wapo article does a good job covering two realities: How deeply watching a parents‘ immigration arrest affects kids, and how DC residents are organizing “walking buses” and neighborhood lookouts to help kids with immigrant parents get safely to school. wapo.st/3VNYZ08
They watched ICE detain their dad. Now D.C. neighbors escort them to school.
Immigrant neighborhoods across the District have organized “walking school buses” to shuttle kids to classes during President Donald Trump’s federalization of D.C. police.
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September 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
told lovingly and beautifully by the brilliant @teoarmus.bsky.social
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Wapo article does a good job covering two realities: How deeply watching a parents‘ immigration arrest affects kids, and how DC residents are organizing “walking buses” and neighborhood lookouts to help kids with immigrant parents get safely to school. wapo.st/3VNYZ08
They watched ICE detain their dad. Now D.C. neighbors escort them to school.
Immigrant neighborhoods across the District have organized “walking school buses” to shuttle kids to classes during President Donald Trump’s federalization of D.C. police.
wapo.st
September 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Wapo article does a good job covering two realities: How deeply watching a parents‘ immigration arrest affects kids, and how DC residents are organizing “walking buses” and neighborhood lookouts to help kids with immigrant parents get safely to school. wapo.st/3VNYZ08
New tonight: The Virginia Court of Appeals appears to have reinstated Arlington’s “missing middle” plan, reversing an order from a circuit court judge that put a stop to the EHO policy.
September 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
New tonight: The Virginia Court of Appeals appears to have reinstated Arlington’s “missing middle” plan, reversing an order from a circuit court judge that put a stop to the EHO policy.
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Amid deportations and fear, Mexicans in the U.S. are sending less money home, squeezing businesses, impacting jobs and leaving homes half-built – conditions that typically drive people to migrate @teoarmus.bsky.social and Karla Gachet report from San Bartolomé Quialana
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Amid crackdown, Mexicans are sending less money home. It’s leaving a mark.
Falling remittances are squeezing businesses, impacting jobs and leaving homes half-built – conditions that typically drive people to migrate.
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August 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Amid deportations and fear, Mexicans in the U.S. are sending less money home, squeezing businesses, impacting jobs and leaving homes half-built – conditions that typically drive people to migrate @teoarmus.bsky.social and Karla Gachet report from San Bartolomé Quialana
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NEW: Amid Trump's immigration crackdown, Mexicans are sending less money home. The drop is squeezing businesses, cutting jobs and leaving homes half-built – conditions that often drive people to migrate.
On the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com, with stunning photos by Karla Gachet
On the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com, with stunning photos by Karla Gachet
Amid crackdown, Mexicans are sending less money home. It’s leaving a mark.
The drop in remittances is squeezing businesses, impacting jobs and leaving homes half-built – conditions that typically drive people to migrate.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
NEW: Amid Trump's immigration crackdown, Mexicans are sending less money home. The drop is squeezing businesses, cutting jobs and leaving homes half-built – conditions that often drive people to migrate.
On the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com, with stunning photos by Karla Gachet
On the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com, with stunning photos by Karla Gachet
NEW: As immigrant delivery drivers started using mopeds, D.C. police pushed greater enforcement of their vehicles.
Now, amid Trump’s federal takeover, ICE is joining their patrols — and detained at least 11 of those drivers.
Now, amid Trump’s federal takeover, ICE is joining their patrols — and detained at least 11 of those drivers.
ICE is joining D.C. police patrols. Moped drivers are an early target.
D.C. police’s efforts to enforce moped laws resulted mostly in food delivery drivers’ immediate release. That has changed.
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August 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
NEW: As immigrant delivery drivers started using mopeds, D.C. police pushed greater enforcement of their vehicles.
Now, amid Trump’s federal takeover, ICE is joining their patrols — and detained at least 11 of those drivers.
Now, amid Trump’s federal takeover, ICE is joining their patrols — and detained at least 11 of those drivers.
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Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
August 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
NEW in @washingtonpost.com: As Panama has been caving in to Trump's demands and shifting away from China, not even a historic monument is being spared from this geopolitical fight.
My latest, on Central America's largest ethnic Chinese community -- now caught in the middle:
My latest, on Central America's largest ethnic Chinese community -- now caught in the middle:
The U.S., China, the Panama Canal — and the community caught in the middle
Pressured by President Donald Trump, Panama pivots toward Washington, raising concern in Central America’s largest Chinese community.
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August 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
NEW in @washingtonpost.com: As Panama has been caving in to Trump's demands and shifting away from China, not even a historic monument is being spared from this geopolitical fight.
My latest, on Central America's largest ethnic Chinese community -- now caught in the middle:
My latest, on Central America's largest ethnic Chinese community -- now caught in the middle:
On the front page of today’s @washingtonpost.com: What 16 of the migrants deported by the U.S. to El Salvador’s CECOT experienced in that notorious mega prison
w/ Sam Schmidt, Helena Carpio @marialuisapaul.bsky.social @silviafosterfrau.bsky.social @asteckelberg.bsky.social
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‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the megaprison where the U.S. deported migrants
Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison.
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August 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
On the front page of today’s @washingtonpost.com: What 16 of the migrants deported by the U.S. to El Salvador’s CECOT experienced in that notorious mega prison
w/ Sam Schmidt, Helena Carpio @marialuisapaul.bsky.social @silviafosterfrau.bsky.social @asteckelberg.bsky.social
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“Welcome to hell”
We spoke to 16 Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. This is the most complete view yet of the conditions they faced — which, some experts said, may violate conventions against torture.
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We spoke to 16 Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. This is the most complete view yet of the conditions they faced — which, some experts said, may violate conventions against torture.
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‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the mega prison where the U.S. deported migrants
Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“Welcome to hell”
We spoke to 16 Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. This is the most complete view yet of the conditions they faced — which, some experts said, may violate conventions against torture.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
We spoke to 16 Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. This is the most complete view yet of the conditions they faced — which, some experts said, may violate conventions against torture.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
NEW: In a time of travel bans and visa fees, Trump is moving to let Argentine tourists into the US without a visa — a political gift to his friend Javier Milei.
But a State Dept cable acknowledges that Argentina doesn’t meet a key requirement for that exemption.
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But a State Dept cable acknowledges that Argentina doesn’t meet a key requirement for that exemption.
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In move to lift Argentina visa restrictions, Trump rewards Milei’s friendship
Argentina does not meet a key requirement for the U.S. visa waiver program, a State Department cable acknowledges.
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July 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
NEW: In a time of travel bans and visa fees, Trump is moving to let Argentine tourists into the US without a visa — a political gift to his friend Javier Milei.
But a State Dept cable acknowledges that Argentina doesn’t meet a key requirement for that exemption.
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But a State Dept cable acknowledges that Argentina doesn’t meet a key requirement for that exemption.
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Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.
“I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
“I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
U.S. deportee, freed from Salvadoran prison, describes ‘horror movie’
Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.
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July 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.
“I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
“I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
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Washington Post: U.S. Deportee, Freed from Salvadoran Prison, Describes ‘Horror Movie’
By @teoarmus.bsky.social, Samantha Schmidt and @arelisrhdz.bsky.social
"Cells of nine to 15 people with metal benches for beds — thin mattresses were brought in for photographs and then taken away." Gift link!
By @teoarmus.bsky.social, Samantha Schmidt and @arelisrhdz.bsky.social
"Cells of nine to 15 people with metal benches for beds — thin mattresses were brought in for photographs and then taken away." Gift link!
U.S. deportee, freed from Salvadoran prison, describes ‘horror movie’
Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.
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July 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Washington Post: U.S. Deportee, Freed from Salvadoran Prison, Describes ‘Horror Movie’
By @teoarmus.bsky.social, Samantha Schmidt and @arelisrhdz.bsky.social
"Cells of nine to 15 people with metal benches for beds — thin mattresses were brought in for photographs and then taken away." Gift link!
By @teoarmus.bsky.social, Samantha Schmidt and @arelisrhdz.bsky.social
"Cells of nine to 15 people with metal benches for beds — thin mattresses were brought in for photographs and then taken away." Gift link!
Julio González Jr. thought he was being deported back to Venezuela. Instead, the plane landed in El Salvador.
“The horror movie started there,” he said.
What the Venezuelans freed from CECOT experienced at the world’s largest prison, w/ Samantha Schmidt, Helena Carpio & @arelisrhdz.bsky.social
“The horror movie started there,” he said.
What the Venezuelans freed from CECOT experienced at the world’s largest prison, w/ Samantha Schmidt, Helena Carpio & @arelisrhdz.bsky.social
U.S. deportees, freed from Salvadoran prison, describe ‘horror movie’
Three Venezuelans, released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said they were repeatedly beaten and denied access to lawyers.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Julio González Jr. thought he was being deported back to Venezuela. Instead, the plane landed in El Salvador.
“The horror movie started there,” he said.
What the Venezuelans freed from CECOT experienced at the world’s largest prison, w/ Samantha Schmidt, Helena Carpio & @arelisrhdz.bsky.social
“The horror movie started there,” he said.
What the Venezuelans freed from CECOT experienced at the world’s largest prison, w/ Samantha Schmidt, Helena Carpio & @arelisrhdz.bsky.social