The government of the US president, Donald TrumpI knew that most of the 238 Venezuelan immigrants who sent a maximum security prison in El Salvador accusing them of being terrorists They had not been convicted of crimes in the United Statesrevealed a data analysis of the Internal Security Department (DHS), published this Friday.
The official information obtained by Propublic and The Texas Tribune, together with the Venezuelan media fake news hunters and Rebel Research Alliance, revealed that only 32 of the 238 sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) had been convicted For crimes committed in the United States.
In addition, most of the crimes for which the 32 migrants were accused They are classified as non -violentamong those who Theft in traffic stores or infractions is included.
The finding contradicts the justifications of President Trump and his advisors to imprison in a third country immigrants to whom He called “the worst of the worst” of the criminals.
The Republican president invoked a law of 1789 -Canked as the law of foreign enemies- for justify the expulsions of Venezuelan migrantsaccusing them of being part of the Aragua train, a transnational criminal gang that the Government described as “terrorist.”
In contrast, the data delivered by the DHS indicate that the Trump government He knew of convictions for violent facts against only six of those expelled to El Salvador: four for aggression, one for kidnapping and one for a crime related to weapons.
In addition, the official information revealed that more than half (130) of those imprisoned in the megacárcel They had no criminal record or pending charges; They had only been classified for having violated immigration laws.
As for the crimes committed outside the US evidence of arrests or convictions for 20 of the 238 men. “Of them, 11 violent crimes were involved such as armed hand, assault or murder,” including a man requested in extradition by Chile to face positions of drug kidnapping and trafficking. Four others had been accused of illegal possession of weapons.