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‘You are there and you are not alive’: the harsh testimony of a deported Venezuelan who spent 15 days in Guantanamo

‘You are there and you are not alive’: the harsh testimony of a deported Venezuelan who spent 15 days in Guantanamo




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With his hands and feet handcuffed, tied leg to leg with other detainees, José Daniel Simancas Rodríguez was put on a plane. He says he was told he would go to Miami.

Hours later, when they landed, Simancas and his fellow passengers were transferred to a bus with the windows covered by bags. By then he already suspected where he had arrived: Guantanamo. What he did not imagine was that this was just the beginning of a nightmare that would last 15 days.

Simancas was one of 177 Venezuelans deported by the United States who had been transferred to the US naval base in Cuba, a measure criticized by human rights organizations who say the base is not appropriate for…

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