
CNN
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Families of Venezuelan deportees held in El Salvador’s infamous Cecot prison can petition the Salvadoran government for their release – but the fruitfulness of that process is an open question in a country accused of arbitrary detention by rights groups and even the US State Department.
The head of El Salvador’s Human Rights and Freedom of Expression Commission, Andrés Guzmán, told CNN those who believe their relatives are “unjustly” held in the country’s notorious Cecot mega-prison can bring their grievances into the office.
Families, including those of Venezuelans deported from the United States, have been anxiously waiting for news about their…