El Salvador has arbitrarily detained nationals deported from the US, Human Rights Watch says
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FILE - Prisoners sit in their cell at the mega prison known as Detention Center Against Terrorism (CECOT) in Tecololuca, El Salvador, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, file)FILE - A group of undocumented migrants are deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across the McAllenHidalgoReynosa International Bridge in McAllen, Texas, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)FILE - A mega-prison known as Detention Center Against Terrorism (CECOT) stands in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
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FILE - Prisoners sit in their cell at the mega prison known as Detention Center Against Terrorism (CECOT) in Tecololuca, El Salvador, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, file)