Mr. Abrego's Account of Torture at CECOT in El Salvador - Allison Gill (Mueller She Wrote)

[chia]

Mr. Abrego's Account of Torture at CECOT in El Salvador
Mr. Abrego has filed an amended complaint asking the court to declare the government's actions unlawful and to order his release. He describes his torture in El Salvador in the complaint.

Plaintiff Abrego Garcia reports that he was subjected to severe mistreatment upon arrival at CECOT, including but not limited to severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation, inadequate nutrition, and psychological torture.

Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was pushed toward a bus, forcibly seated, and fitted with a second set of chains and handcuffs. He was repeatedly struck by officers when he attempted to raise his head.

Upon arrival at CECOT, the detainees were greeted by a prison official who stated, “Welcome to CECOT. Whoever enters here doesn’t leave.” Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was then forced to strip, issued prison clothing, and subjected to physical abuse including being kicked in the legs with boots and struck on his head and arms to make him change clothes faster. His head was shaved with a zero razor, and he was frog-marched to cell 15, being struck with wooden batons along the way. By the following day, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia had visible bruises and lumps all over his body.

In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself. The detainees were confined to metal bunks with no mattresses in an overcrowded cell with no windows, bright lights that remained on 24 hours a day, and minimal access to sanitation.

Plaintiff Abrego Garcia repeatedly observed prisoners in nearby cells who he understood to be gang members violently harm each other with no intervention from guards or personnel. Screams from nearby cells would similarly ring out throughout the night without any response from prison guards on personnel.

During his first two weeks at CECOT, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia suffered a significant deterioration in his physical condition and lost approximately 31 pounds.

https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/mr-abregos-account-of-torture-at


No words. This is a nightmare.

[berniesandersmittens]

1. This is a major reason why they tried so hard to keep him in el salvador

This man is lucky to be alive after being sent to a torture prison. Crimes against humanity.

[chia]

2. Agreed. And lucky to have made it back to the U.S. The unlucky are being disappeared, their cases

dismissed so for all intents and purposes, to the immigration court system, they don't exist.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cecot-detainees-us-immigration-court-asylum-dismissals_n_684c6a4be4b070091d777adc

[Baitball Blogger]

3. This is what they were afraid of.

What was the purpose of having them kneel from 9PM to the morning? None other than barbaric torture. I hope the US government pays dearly for this in a civil lawsuit.

I don't think the Alligator prison will be better.

[maxsolomon]

5. They'll have him convicted of smuggling and deported before a civil lawsuit can be filed

But this was no different than the treatment of any other prisoner in that facility. Dehumanization. the difference is that he was never convicted of anything in the US or El Salvador to prompt rendition to a foreign prison.

The DOJ is going to have a hell of a time suppressing testimony to this abuse at his smuggling trial. I'd nullify that jury in a heartbeat.

As much as I despise Republicans, I do think the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport will be better than CECOT.

[Cirsium]

10. Civil law suit?

A civil law suit? This is a little more serious than that. These are crimes against humanity.

Let the perpetrators pay restitution, not the government.

[mcar]

4. Horrific

[MLWR]

6. Everything related to Krasnov/Miller is a "nightmare." Absolutely everything.

[Iamscrewed]

7. Equal

Treatment for tRump and his.

[BaronChocula]

8. This is a torture regime

The torture is the point. That and ethnic cleansing.

[Ms. Toad]

9. I hate recommending something this atrocious -

But the entire article is something every American needs to read.

[KT2000]

11. The Makeup Artist

Some are working to get him out but haven't heard anything lately. I can't imagine what they have done to him and I only hope he is still alive.

[Hassler]

12. May Bukele's cell in the Hague be like this.

[moniss]

13. They will first claim he is lying and they will eventually claim

that even if it happened they have no control over what a foreign government does and that he was not under their control. Nuremberg types of excuses.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. K&R

[spanone]

15. ...and trmp cheered it all