It’s not just that, it’s that the administration knew they weren’t guilty of any crimes and sent them to be tortured anyway.

If you can stomach it, propublica has been covering stories like this since the summer [1].

Meanwhile, the MS13 has been cutting sweetheart deals with Bukele [2] and we have been releasing actual gang members for the privilege of sending innocent people to the torture facilities [3, 4], even in the face of reports of USAID being diverted to the gang for a money-for-votes scheme for Bukele [5].

[1]https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-inte...

[2]https://www.propublica.org/article/ambassador-ronald-johnson...

[3]https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ran...

[4]https://www.npr.org/2025/10/21/nx-s1-5580555/why-the-state-d...

[5]https://www.propublica.org/article/bukele-trump-el-salvador-...