Men freed from El Salvador mega-prison endured ‘state-sanctioned torture’, lawyers say

Venezuelans back home under Maduro-Trump deal tell of isolation, beatings and dirty water - a living nightmare'

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.

When Jose Manuel Ramos Bastidas - one of 252 Venezuelan men that the US sent to El Salvador's most notorious mega-prison - finally made it back home to El Tocuyo on Tuesday, the first thing he did was stretch his arms around his family.