The Catholic Church of El Salvador his Concern for the arrival of migrants arrested in the United States to the Central American country, many of which have been held in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT)a Maximum security megacárcel which has been indicated by assumptions Human Rights Abuse.
During a press conference, the Archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alaswarned about the risks of El Salvador becomes “a big international prison”after the agreement between the Salvadoran government and the United States to receive migrants detained in US territory.
“We are also concerned with the fact that El Salvador receives prisoners from other countrieseither because they have committed great crimes or for being undocumented migrants, ”said Escobar Alas, referring to the Transfer of more than 200 migrantsmostly Venezuelans, to the prison of the CECOT.
According to a recent analysis of the Bloomberg medium, 90 % of detainees transferred from the United States have no criminal record In that country. Even so, they have been pointed out to belong to the criminal organization Aragua trainwhich has generated questions by human rights organizations.
The agreement between Washington and the president’s government Nayib Bukele Contemplate a Annual payment of six million dollars to finance part of the Salvadoran penitentiary system. However, the details of the agreement have not been publicly revealed.
The American Union of Civil Liberties (ACLU) denounced on Friday that The United States seeks to expel more Venezuelan migrants to El Salvadorso he presented several emergency resources before the US Supreme Court. To stop the transfers.
Migratory tension marks the weekend in the United States
The migratory issue was again in the center of the international debate this weekend. On Saturday, the Supreme Court of the United States temporarily suspended deportations of migrantswhich caused a rapid reaction from the president Donald Trump And his team, who requested continue with transfers.
In parallel, there was an unexpected diplomatic encounter in the Vatican. On Sunday, the Pope Francis received the United States vice president, JD Vance, at an officially announced audience, held within the framework of the Easter festivities. The meeting surprised many, since the Pontiff had hardly criticized the Trump Administration’s immigration policy two months ago.