Human Rights Watch has raised alarms about El Salvador’s practice of forcibly disappearing deported Salvadorans from the U.S., highlighting the abuse occurring at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) under President Nayib Bukele. Many deportees have been uncontactable, prompting claims of human rights violations, including torture. Since January 2025, only a small fraction of the over 9,000 deportees had prior violent convictions, yet families struggle to locate their loved ones, echoing past authoritarian abuses in the region.
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