Venezuelan man makes wrong turn in Detroit, ends up being sent to Trump’s prison in El Salvador
- A 32-year-old Venezuelan man named Ricardo Prada Vásquez was detained after mistakenly crossing into Canada while attempting to return to the U.S. At the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.
- The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center and Congressperson Rashida Tlaib expressed concern over the case and the treatment of immigrants deported without due process, stating that they have rights regardless of immigration status.
- Christine Sauve of the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center highlighted the danger posed by expedited deportation policies, emphasizing that a wrong turn should not lead to someone's disappearance.
- Ricardo's situation illustrates the broader humanitarian crisis at the border, with activists demanding transparency and reform in immigration proceedings to prevent similar cases.
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The tortuous search for Ricardo Prada, the disappeared Venezuelan deported to El Salvador’s mega-prison
Ricardo Prada Vásquez has been found, but he is in a place no one wants to end up. The 32-year-old Venezuelan, whom family and friends had been searching for days, is now at the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT), El Salvador’s mega-prison to which the Donald Trump administration sent about 252 Venezuelan migrants accused of being criminals. Seguir leyendo
Venezuelan man in Detroit deported to El Salvador after taking wrong turn at Ambassador Bridge, reports say
A 32-year-old Venezuelan man reportedly took a wrong turn onto the Ambassador Bridge, crossing into Canada, while delivering food back in January, and has since been detained and deported to El Salvador.
Venezuelan Migrant’s Disappearance in US Exposes Shortcomings of Deportation System - teleSUR English
The unsettling reality is that Prada may not be the only one lost in this broken immigration system; his case has sparked fears that others may have also been deported without proper documentation. The disappearance of Ricardo Prada Vásquez, a Venezuelan delivery driver detained by U.S. immigration authorities, has raised alarms over potential human rights violations and a lack of transparency in mass deportations. RELATED: How U.S. Treasury Bon…
Families Say Two Venezuelans “Simply Disappeared” Amid U.S. Deportations to El Salvador
The families of several Venezuelan immigrants are demanding answers about their relatives’ whereabouts after they were arrested and expelled from the United States to unknown locations. One of the immigrants has been identified as 32-year-old Ricardo Prada Vásquez, a delivery driver who was apprehended in late January in Michigan after making a wrong turn and then transferred to an ICE jail in Texas. Vásquez believed he’d be repatriated to Venez…
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