Mother’s Anguish Highlights Rally Against U.S. Deportation of Venezuelans to El Salvador Amid Judicial Clash
Caracas, Venezuela — At a government-organized rally in Caracas, distraught Jasmin Ramirez held up a photograph of her son, Angelo Escalona, who she fears has been caught up in a harsh U.S. deportation sweep targeting members of the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua. These alleged gang members are being transferred to a notorious prison in El Salvador, a move sanctioned by a wartime law seldom invoked in American history. Ramirez shared that the last communication she had with her son was a phone call on March 14, informing her that he was about to be … Read more