Venezuelans that the Trump administration expelled to El Salvador’s most notorious megaprison endured “state-sanctioned torture”, lawyers for some of the men have said, as more stories emerge about the horrors they faced during capacity.

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    I couldn’t figure out why they sent them back, but my partner probably did. Trump didn’t pay the bill. That’s the only thing that makes sense.

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      The president of El Salvador also directly contradicted President Tiny Dick when Trump tried to claim he had no control over the fate of the people who were kidnapped and sent there. So having their government directly say that the US did, in fact, still have jurisdiction over those prisoners may have been a factor.