Deportees arriving at Salvadoran megaprison face uncertain future

The World

El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele says he’s imprisoned some 200 Venezuelans and 23 Salvador deportees from the US in “very good jails” at a fair price. Carlos Dada, co-founder and director of the Salvadoran digital news outlet El Faro tells The World’s Marco Werman that the men will join tens of thousands of others locked in a megaprison without legal representation.

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