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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 8d

4/ Some ICE officers on the scene reacted emotionally to the incident. One said: “What the fuck?” Another told me: “This is a real problem.“

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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 8d

2/ Journalist L. Vural Elibol and other photographers apparently wanted to understand why ICE agents were following a woman into a public elevator. As they tried to enter the elevator, a supervisor from the ICE team at the New York Field Office shouted, “Get out the fucking elevator!”

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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 8d

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

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Aliyya Swaby @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social · Jul 28

In rural Tennessee, 16 middle schoolers waiting for cheerleading practice to start made a TikTok video seeming to role play a school shooting.

The sheriff's office charged every single one with a crime.

www.propublica.org/article/soci...

Middle School Cheerleaders Made a TikTok Video Portraying a School Shooting. They Were Charged With a Crime.

Social videos, memes and retweets are becoming fodder for criminal charges in an era of heightened responses to student threats. Authorities say harsh punishment is necessary, but experts say the crac...

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perla-trevizo.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thank you for having me and for sharing our work.

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Aug 4

Venezuelan men sent to CECOT prison in El Salvador by the U.S. are speaking out about the horrific abuse they suffered. Despite portraying them as "the worst of the worst," the Trump administration "knew that the vast majority did not have convictions," says reporter @perla-trevizo.bsky.social.

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perla-trevizo.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social · Aug 7

For months, we had been talking with Carmen, Lina and Doris about the void their sons' detention in #ElSalvador had left. They wondered whether they were eating, if they were cold. Were they alive?
Following the men's release, these families sat with us to talk about what they lived through.

“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal

For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...

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Gerardo del Valle @g-dvalle.bsky.social · Jul 31

We published their stories as part of an effort to understand - when neither the U.S. nor Salvadoran governments had released the names of the men sent to CECOT - who these men were, and why they had been sent to the infamous prison.
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...

The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison

On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...

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Gerardo del Valle @g-dvalle.bsky.social · Jul 31

What @perla-trevizo.bsky.social , @micarosenberg.bsky.social , @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social , and a group of Venezuelan journalists from @cazadoresdefakenews.info and Alianza Rebelde Investiga uncovered was chilling:

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perla-trevizo.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social · Jul 31

We also published a first-of-its kind database where you can learn more about the men’s lives in Venezuela, how they came to the U.S., and how they got caught up in the system.
You can also reach out to us if you have more information.
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...

The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison

On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...

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perla-trevizo.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social · Jul 31

To read the full story: www.propublica.org/article/vene... in collaboration w/ @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @micarosenberg.bsky.social and our colleagues from ‪@cazadoresdefakenews.info‬ & Alianza Rebelde Investiga, among many others who made this work possible.

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT

Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...

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perla-trevizo.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social · Jul 31

A U.S. State Department spokesperson said the U.S. is not responsible for the conditions of the men’s detention in El Salvador.

And a DHS official insisted the men were all members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

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perla-trevizo.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social · Jul 31

The Salvadoran government denied any mistreatment and pointed to videos of the men leaving the prison as proof they were in good shape.

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perla-trevizo.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social · Jul 31

Several of those interviewed said suicide crossed their minds. “I’d rather die or kill myself than to keep living through this experience," 39-year-old Juan José told us he thought at times. But he found solace in the Bible, the only book they had, and his faith.

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perla-trevizo.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social · Jul 31

"The prison director told us: Welcome to hell, where you enter alive and leave dead," said Wilmer, when describing the torture and beatings he endured over four months.
The 39-year-old had come to the U.S. to help pay for his mother's cancer treatment.

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perla-trevizo.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social · Jul 31

Andry, 40, wondered if he would ever be able to embrace his mother again. He tries to make sense of how the U.S. government accused him of being a gang member and terrorist.
“We are a group of people who I consider had the bad luck of ending up on this black list,” he told us.

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perla-trevizo.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social · Jul 31

Watch three of the more than 230 men the Trump administration sent to #ElSalvador talk about the moment they arrived at #CECOT, how they say the guards tortured them and beat them daily: youtu.be/6KZRtCE2UcI from ‪@g-dvalle.bsky.social‬ and the entire team @propublica.org‬ and in Venezuela.

Beatings, Humiliation, Psychological Abuse: What Venezuelan Men Experienced Inside CECOT

YouTube video by ProPublica

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Melissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social · Jul 30

The terror began immediately. Salvadoran guards beat them with their fists, boots and batons, shot them with rubber pellets, and forced them to lick other men's backs.

What happened when we sent 230+ Venezuelans to a prison known for human rights abuses.

www.propublica.org/article/vene...

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT

Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...

www.propublica.org

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perla-trevizo.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social · Jul 31

Hello Kerry, I don't know. www.togetherandfree.net is one of the groups working with some of the families, they might be able to provide some guidance.

Together & Free

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · Jul 30

My colleagues @perla-trevizo.bsky.social @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @micarosenberg.bsky.social
at @propublica.org (a “liberal rag hellbent on defending violent criminal illegal aliens”) with another haunting installment of their series on men deported to CECOT: www.propublica.org/article/vene...

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT

Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...

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stevemmills.bsky.social @stevemmills.bsky.social · Jul 30

NEW: If you want to know what happened to the men Trump sent to a Salvadoran prison, we have their accounts. From an amazing @propublica.org team that included @perla-trevizo.bsky.social, @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social, @micarosenberg.bsky.social and so many others.

www.propublica.org/article/vene...

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT

Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...

www.propublica.org

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · Jul 23

This is the result of a big team of journalists and editors in the US and Venezuela @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social Ronna Rísquez, Adrián González, Adriana Núñez Moros, Carlos Centeno, Gabriel Sandoval, Jeff Ernsthausen, Ruth Talbot, Cengiz Yar, Zisiga Mukulu and more 9/

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Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · Jul 23

If you have any information about these men. You can help us continue our reporting here. www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

Do You Have Information About the CECOT Deportations? Help ProPublica Report.

If you have information about the deportation operation or the immigrants who were deported, we want to hear from you.

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Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · Jul 23

In March the Trump administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, calling the men “some of the most violent savages on the face of the Earth.”

@propublica.org went looking for the truth to their stories — one by one.

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Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · Jul 23

Please take spent some time with this project that @perla-trevizo.bsky.social @micarosenberg.bsky.social @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social and so many other have been tirelessly working on for the past four months. It's important on so many levels.

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Melissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social · Jul 30

Reporting by @perla-trevizo.bsky.social @micarosenberg.bsky.social and me

Also available in español, aquí: www.propublica.org/article/vene...

Ahora que están libres, los hombres venezolanos quieren que el mundo sepa lo que soportaron en el CECOT

Los hombres venezolanos deportados por la administración Trump afirman que sufrieron meses de abusos físicos y psicológicos en la prisión salvadoreña. Aunque están felices de estar de vuelta en casa, ...

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