To expel them on March 16, Donald Trump’s government invoked a law of 1798, used for the last time during World War IIand said they were members of the Venezuelan Criminal Band of Aragua, what their families deny.
“As first aid, what we are here presenting before the Honorable Constitutional Chamber (of the Court) It is a habeas corpus resource “lawyer Jaime Ortega told AFP.
It is “a repair To guarantee the freedom of these people since in our country they have not committed any type of crime“, Added Ortega, who went to the Court with two other lawyers from her office to present the resources.
Ortega said he was “hired” by the Venezuelan government and by a committee of relatives of Venezuelan persons detained in El Salvador, unknown until now.
The lawyer indicated that he has a mandate of relatives of 30 of Venezuelans imprisoned in a maximum security prison From El Salvador, but “by extensive effect” will work for the liberation of “totality.”
#Lasthora | Private lawyers on behalf of 30 Venezuelan migrants recently deported to El Salvador and who keep prison in the CECOT, have a corpus habeas because they say they have been arrested “illegally.” pic.twitter.com/zp1fd9upsg
– LPG Judicial (@lpgjudicial) March 24, 2025
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