Political Litigation

Lawyer Says Venezuelan Man with Approved Asylum Claim Deported, Tortured in Salvadoran Prison

“For more than four months, [Hernandez] anguished in CECOT, where he suffered extreme torture, including being shot with a rubber bullet that inflicted permanent damage, being severely and systematically beaten, and being subjected to humiliating and degrading treatment by prison officials, all of which resulted in physical, psychological and emotional injuries, as well as permanent impairments,” the notice of claim alleges.