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Venezuelan Migrants Describe Torture After Deportation to El Salvador
Tico Times
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July 23, 2025
“You’re going to rot in here. You’ll spend 300 years in prison.” That’s what Maikel Olivera says guards repeatedly told him during his four-month detention in El Salvador’s notorious mega prison. On Tuesday, the 37-year-old reunited with his...
Venezuela’s returning migrants allege abuses in El Salvador’s ‘hell’ prison where US sent them
Associated Press
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July 23, 2025
LOBATERA, Venezuela (AP) — Carlos Uzcátegui tightly hugged his sobbing wife and stepdaughter on Wednesday as the morning fog in western Venezuela lifted. The family’s first embrace in more than a year finally convinced him that his nightmare...
El Salvador’s National Treasury Now Holds Over $738 Million in Bitcoin.
El Salvador in English
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July 20, 2025
El Salvador continues to make headlines in the global financial and crypto markets. According to data shared by Bitcoin Magazine, the country’s national treasury now holds 6,244.18 Bitcoin, valued at over $738 million as of current market prices....
CABEI and OPEC Fund Evaluate Strategic Partnership to Expand Surf City II Infrastructure in El Salvador.
El Salvador in English
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July 22, 2025
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and the OPEC Fund for International Development are currently conducting a joint technical mission in El Salvador aimed at strengthening the Surf City Phase II infrastructure program...
The team powered by bitcoin that could change football for ever
The Times
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The game was drab and gritty, the skies dismal and grey, and the ball bobbled around a muddy pitch as the league leaders ground out a 3-1 victory against their defensive-minded rivals. Teenage fans behind one of the goals occasionally banged a...
‘We Know What’s Coming: Exile or Prison’ – Salvadoran Journalist Óscar Martínez on Surviving Bukele’s Crackdown
The Good Men Project - California
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July 26, 2025
By Committee to Protect Journalists This interview was originally published by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on June 4, 2025. An edited version is being republished on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement. Journalists...
Royal Caribbean Finds Talent in El Salvador for Global Cruise Operations.
El Salvador in English
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July 22, 2025
Royal Caribbean held a recruitment event in El Salvador to hire local candidates for positions on its cruise ships, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government. The initiative is part of the Labor Mobility Program, backed by the U.S....
They were freed from a ‘torture prison’ in El Salvador. This is their life now
The Independent
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July 22, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Farage: Violent Brit Criminals Could Go to Prison in El Salvador
Red State
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July 22, 2025
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. A lot of us on the American right are finding we like British Reform UK leader Nigel Farage more and more all the time. Mr. Farage...
Ten U.S. Hostages Freed From Venezuelan Prison. El Salvador’s President Bukele Steps Up to Help Bring Them Home.
The Gateway Pundit
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July 22, 2025
After almost a year, the family of Wilbert Castaneda received the news they had been waiting for. All they knew so far was that Wilbert, a Navy SEAL of nearly twenty years, has been held captive by the Venezuelan Government. However, on Friday,...
Venezuelan Man Released From El Salvador After Possibly Being Deported Over Tattoo
Miami New Times - Florida
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After spending more than 120 days inside a notorious prison in El Salvador, Luis Carlos José Marcano Silva was among the scores of Venezuelan migrants released to their native country on Friday as part of a three-nation prisoner exchange. In...
Violent UK offenders could be sent to El Salvador under Farage crime crackdown
Sky News
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July 21, 2025
Nigel Farage has said violent UK offenders could be jailed overseas under his plans to cut crime by half. The Reform UK leader named El Salvador as a likely destination, though he said he has not held conversations with officials there and...
How Does Farage Want To Protect The UK From 'Collapse'? By Sending Prisoners To El Salvador, Of Course
HuffPost UK
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July 21, 2025
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage attends a press conference on the economy and renewable energy, in London, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. Nigel Farage has a brand new plan to help save Britain from “societal collapse”, apparently. In a press conference,...
El Salvador frees jailed Venezuelans in US prison deal
RTE Ireland
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July 19, 2025
Hundreds of Venezuelans swept up in Donald Trump's immigration dragnet were abruptly freed from a maximum security Salvadoran jail and sent home as part of a prisoner swap yesterday, ending a months-long high-profile ordeal. The 252 men were...
El Salvador sends home Venezuelan migrants in US prisoner deal
The Derby Informer - Kansas
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El Salvador on Friday freed scores of Venezuelans deported from the United States to a notorious maximum security prison, the outcome of a highly coordinated prisoner swap between Caracas and Washington. The administration of US President Donald...
El Salvador sends home Venezuelan migrants in US prisoner deal
Barron News Shield - Wisconsin
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El Salvador on Friday freed scores of Venezuelans deported from the United States to a notorious maximum security prison, the outcome of a highly coordinated prisoner swap between Caracas and Washington. The administration of US President Donald...
El Salvador frees jailed Venezuelan migrants in US prisoner deal
Daily Star
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July 19, 2025
Hundreds of Venezuelans swept up in Donald Trump's immigration dragnet were abruptly freed from a maximum security Salvadoran jail and sent home as part of a prisoner swap Friday, ending a months-long high-profile ordeal. The 252 men were accused...
El Salvador releases hundreds of US deportees from notorious prison in US-Venezuela swap
KESQ-TV - California
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July 18, 2025
By Kristen Holmes, Kylie Atwood, Priscilla Alvarez and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration completed a large-scale prisoner swap with Venezuela on Friday, sending about 250 Venezuelans who had been deported and imprisoned in El...
Nigel Farage says he would send violent offenders to El Salvador under crime crackdown
Smooth Radio
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21 July 2025, 12:31 | Updated: 21 July 2025, 15:14 Nigel Farage has said violent UK offenders could be jailed overseas under his plans to cut crime by half. Your browser doesn't recognise available video formats. The Reform UK leader named El...
Florida attorney general announces record arrests in child predator sting
Sunshine Sentinel - Florida
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July 30, 2025
Attorney General James Uthmeier has announced the arrest of 48 individuals, including six foreign nationals with ICE detainers, after a six-day undercover operation in Central Florida targeting online child predators. The effort, led by the Marion...