Four American organizations announced on Friday, May 9, having asked the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (CIDH) to intervene against the Salvador detention of hundreds of migrants expelled from the United States.
Invoking a law of 1798 on “foreign enemies”, hitherto used exclusively in wartime, the Trump administration expelled, without judgment, 252 Venezuelans to Salvador. Most are accused of belonging to the Gang Tren in Aragua, declared organization “terrorist” by Washington.
The country of Central America has agreed to incarcerate them, for the most part, at the Terrorism Confainment Center (CECOC), a Mega prison of high security landscaped by the Salvado -ran president, Nayib Bukele, for gang members, in exchange for $ 6 million (around 5.3 million euros), according to the White House.
“Forced disappearances”
The American authorities did not explain in detail how they had determined belonging to the gang of these illegal migrants. Lawyers for their part denounced the fact that these identifications rested, at least in part, on the tattoos they wore. Relatives of the expelled claim their innocence and consider their transfer to a high security prison in Salvador unfair.
A Federal Judge of Texas considered in early May that the use of the law on “foreign enemies” to expel immigrants was “Illicit”. Courts and courts of appeal as well as the Supreme Court also provisionally blocked the use of this law on the grounds that the expelled persons should be able to assert their rights.
The four organizations in question – the International Human Rights Clinic of the Faculty of Law of the University of Boston, the Center for Studies on Gender and Refugees, the World Council for Strategic Disputes and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights – have requested intervention “Emergency” cidh “Against Salvador”.
Led on behalf of more than a dozen families, the initiative denounces the cases of hundreds of people submitted since mid-March to “Forced disappearances” and expelled to Salvador. Organizations urge the CIDH to request information from the State and take measures “To avoid irreparable damage”explained to the Agency France-Presse (AFP) Blaine Bookey, legal director of the genre and refugee studies center.
Non -binding recommendations
Commission’s recommendations are not binding, but Salvador has obligations “Under the regional conventions on human rights” to which he is part, she said.
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In addition, members of the US Congress visited this high security prison on Friday. The delegation was made up of the Republicans Anna Paulina Luna and Andy Ogles, and the Democrat Vicente Gonzalez. She also understood Alex Bruesewitz, advisor to Donald Trump, and the former Republican representative, Matt Gaetz.
“It is an honor to meet the president [Bukele] And to browse the legendary mega prison Cecot, where the Salvador encloses gang members, traffickers and illegal invaders ”wrote Mr. Ogles on X.