Last Saturday, March 1, the Venezuelan migrant Melvin Yamarte He was arrested along with three other undocumented friends by the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICEfor its acronym in English) while they were inside their apartment in the city of Dallas, Texas.
According to his older brother, Juan Yamartemigratory agents They cheated Melvin, since by capturing it, they only told him that “they were going to take it during the process of alleged research on deportation issues,” related to capture orders issued by the immigration service.
Juan spent more than two weeks without having information about his brother and the last thing he knew was that he was among the 238 alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Aragua train, who ended up deported to Terrorism Confinement Centerbetter known as CECOTin El Salvador.
On Sunday, March 16, alleged members of the Train de Aragua gangs and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) They were sent to the megacárcel of the Salvadoran President Nayib Bukelewho received them submitted by security agents, handcuffed from the hands and chained of the feet, as part of their fight against gangs.
Gang members in El Salvador
Melvin Yamarte’s family learned that he was in the Megacárcel of El Salvador thanks to a video that friends and acquaintances shared. In the recording, published on social networks by President Bukele, the Venezuelan immigrant is observed without hairsitting on the floor, with hands and feet tied.
“His friends were sent to El Salvador as if they were criminals. They are not linked to the Aragua train,” said his brother Juan, who said that Melvin is not part of the Venezuelan band, considered the most criminal organization Powerful of his country due to his activities in the United States since 2020.
According to Juan, his brother Melvin had the dream of becoming footballer When he still lived in Venezuela. However, in the United States I was looking for a second chance. “We are Venezuelans of goodwe are both parents and continue playing football here in the city of Dallas, Texas, ”he added.
Given this situation, neighbors and friends of Melvin in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo They took to the streets to protest their capture and show solidarity with their family, since their mother and brother are desperate for the entire situation, taking into account that the CECOT is a Maximum security penitentiary center.
Melvin Yamarte lived in the United States since January 2023 and traveled to North America with the intention of help financially to his family in Venezuela. A year later, he received in his department of Dallas, Texas, his older brother, Juan, who says he and his other captured friends “are not any Malandros”
According to the American television network Univisionpeople deported to the terrorism confinement center in El Salvador “face a uncertain future”, Taking into consideration that, despite not having criminal recordthe megacárcel of Nayib Bukele is characterized by not returning freedom to its prisoners.