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Eugene

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Wed Apr 23, 2025, 04:13 AM Apr 2025

After a month of searching, man learns from NBC News that DHS sent his brother to El Salvador [View all]

Earlier DU thread: Miami Herald: He disappeared after detention. Now ICE is silent on the fate of Venezuelan man

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Source: NBC News

After a month of searching, man learns from NBC News that DHS sent his brother to El Salvador

A Venezuelan man says he and his family back home have been anguished about the "forced disappearance" from the U.S. of Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel.

April 23, 2025, 12:04 AM EDT
By Suzanne Gamboa

It was March 13 when Nedizon Alejandro Leon Rengel called his brother Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel to wish him a happy birthday.

Alejandro never heard back from him. Federal agents detained Adrián on his way to his job at a Dallas barbershop.

For the next five weeks, Alejandro has searched for Adrián, trying to learn where he was: deported to another country? Held in an immigration facility in the United States?

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Finally, on Tuesday, an answer. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed to NBC News that Adrián had, in fact, been deported — to El Salvador.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/venezuelan-brother-deported-el-salvador-family-looking-rcna202279

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