Michael P.R.: Man detained by ICE after attending scheduled appointment in Los AngelesA man who entered the U.S. without authorization in 2021 was detained in Los Angeles after missing a January court hearing. A judge ordered a bond hearing within seven days or his release.Jan 30, 2026·Los Angeles, CA·CourtListener📦
Francisco José G.C.: Venezuelan barber deported to El Salvador's mega-prisonFrancisco García, a barber who fled Venezuela's crisis and crossed into the US in 2023, was deported under a wartime law to El Salvador's CECOT despite his mother's insistence he is not a gang member.Mar 15, 2025·Venezuela·BBC📦,The Guardian,lulac.org
Wilker G.S.: Venezuelan man, 23, deported to CECOT prison in El Salvador before trialWilker Miguel Gutiérrez Sierra, 23, was arrested by ICE while awaiting trial on criminal charges in Chicago and deported to El Salvador's CECOT prison three days later, before his case was resolved.Mar 15, 2025·Chicago, IL·Venezuela·ProPublica📦,Firstpost📦,U.S. News & World Report📦,The Straits Times📦
Gladys C.T.: Venezuelan mother with TPS deported to El Salvador, beaten in detentionGladys Yoleida Caricote Tovar, 28, a mother of three, was arrested in front of her children, had them placed in foster care, then deported despite a court order. She was later beaten in a Texas detention center.Mar 15, 2025·Colorado·Venezuela·USA Today+1📦,ABC News📦,El País📦
Scarleth R.: 21-year-old Venezuelan with TPS deported to El Salvador against court orderScarleth Rodríguez, 21, was held nine months before being deported despite a court order halting removals, then flown back from El Salvador and beaten in a Texas detention center. Her mother had prepared a meal expecting her home.Mar 15, 2025·Venezuela·USA Today+1📦,ABC News📦,El País📦
Maikol L.L.: Venezuelan mechanic from Chicago deported to El Salvador prison without due processMaikol Gabriel López Lizano, a 23-year-old mechanic, was deported to El Salvador's CECOT prison over a misdemeanor charge for riding his bike while drinking a beer. His partner called the deportation unjust.Mar 15, 2025·Chicago, IL·Venezuela·The New Yorker📦,ProPublica📦,Firstpost📦,U.S. News & World Report📦,The Straits Times📦
Wuilliam L.S.: Deported Venezuelan subjected to stress positions and solitary torture in El SalvadorWuilliam Lozada Sanchez was deported to El Salvador's CECOT prison, where he said he endured hours in stress positions and beatings in a dark punishment cell. He was freed in July as part of a prisoner swap.Mar 15, 2025·Venezuela·CBS News📦
Luis M.P.: Venezuelan robotics student deported to Salvadoran prison, says medicine withheldLuis Muñoz Pinto, 27, a robotics engineering student, was deported to CECOT prison based on his tattoos, which he says represent his twin sisters. A judge has ruled he and others may return to the U.S.Mar 15, 2025·Venezuela·The Guardian📦,CBS News📦,The Guardian Wings📦
Andry B.B.: Food delivery driver detained by ICE, beaten four months in Salvadoran prisonAndry Omar Blanco Bonilla, 40, a food delivery driver and father of seven, endured four months of beatings at El Salvador's CECOT prison after agents questioned him about tattoos he says represent his family.Mar 15, 2025·Dallas, TX·Venezuela·CBS News📦,CourtListener
Juan José R.R.: Former technician detained at ICE appointment, subjected to abuse in Salvadoran prisonJuan José Ramos Ramos, a 39-year-old former telephone technician from Venezuela, was deported to El Salvador's CECOT prison in March 2025 after an ICE appointment, where he endured beatings and abuse before his July release.Mar 15, 2025·Venezuela·CBS News📦,PBS📦,American Immigration Council
Yoderlyn A.P.: 21-year-old Venezuelan woman punched by ICE officer, deported to El SalvadorYoderlyn Daviana Acosta Peña, 21, a Venezuelan living and working in Chicago, was punched and grabbed by the hair by an ICE officer during her March 2025 deportation flight to El Salvador.Mar 15, 2025·Chicago, IL·Venezuela·Bloomberg📦,The New Yorker📦,Reuters📦,Yahoo News📦,Miami Herald📦,U.S. News & World Report📦
Fabian S.: Green card holder and father of 8-year-old held two months by ICEFabian Schmidt, a German-born electrical engineer and green card holder, was held two months after being detained at Boston's airport. He has since married his partner and is pursuing citizenship.Mar 14, 2025·Boston, MA·Germany·NBC News📦,WGBH📦,New Hampshire Review,Boston Globe,New Hampshire Public Radio
Abel O.: Chicago father detained six months after ICE mistakes him for his sonAbel Orozco, a 47-year-old tree-cutting business owner who has lived near Chicago for 30 years, was mistakenly detained for his son and has remained in custody in Kentucky for nearly six months.Mar 14, 2025·Lyons, IL·Mexico·NBC News,ABC7 Chicago+1📦,Immigrant Justice📦,Chicago Tribune📦,Delco Times📦,SWOK News📦,Herald-Review📦,NewsNation Now📦,WBEZ📦,Southside Weekly📦,Instagram📦
12 restaurant workers arrested by ICE in Liberty, Missouri, most unlawfullyA federal judge ruled that armed agents unlawfully arrested 11 of 12 workers at a Liberty, Missouri restaurant in February 2025, finding officers lacked grounds for most of the detentions.Mar 14, 2025·Liberty, MO·WBEZ📦,KSHB📦,KCTV 5
César H.F.: Venezuelan father held by ICE after father-in-law allegedly called to block testimonyCésar Herrera Ferrer, a 24-year-old Venezuelan man and father, was detained in Tacoma after his father-in-law called ICE, allegedly to stop him testifying in a firearm case against him.Mar 14, 2025·Tukwila, WA·Venezuela·Univision📦,Qué Pasa📦,2001 Online,RDN Venezuela,Instagram📦
Parents detained trying to reunite with children stranded in Southern California sheltersTwelve children in Southern California were left stranded in shelters after their parents were detained and placed into deportation proceedings while trying to reunite with them.Social media onlyMar 13, 2025·Southern California, CA·Instagram📦
Neiyerver L.R.: Venezuelan man disappears from ICE custody, whereabouts unknownNeiyerver Adrian Leon Rengel, a 27-year-old Venezuelan man detained in Texas over his tattoos, vanished from ICE's tracking system days later and has not been found in Venezuela or on deportee lists.Mar 13, 2025·Irving, TX·Venezuela·Miami Herald📦,Spokesman-Review📦,CourtListener+1📦
Shirly G.: Army sergeant's wife deported by ICE, separated from 1-year-old sonShirly Guardado, married to an Army sergeant and mother of a 1-year-old, was detained nearly three months and deported to Honduras on her 28th birthday despite her husband's approved sponsorship petition.Mar 13, 2025·Houston, TX·Honduras·Newsweek,Texas Tribune📦,The War Horse,Cuba Headlines📦,KRGV
Eliezar: Baltimore father of three self-deports to Guatemala after weeks in ICE detentionEliezar, held for weeks after an ICE arrest while heading home from work, chose to self-deport to Guatemala, leaving his wife Josselin and three young children in Baltimore without income.Fundraiser onlyMar 13, 2025·Baltimore, MD·Guatemala·GoFundMe📦
Julio N.: Chicago-born U.S. citizen detained overnight by ICE in Berwyn without warrantJulio Noriega, 54, a U.S. citizen born in Chicago, was handcuffed buying pizza and held overnight without being asked his citizenship status. Attorneys have sued over his arrest and at least 21 others.Mar 13, 2025·Berwyn, IL·Chicago Sun-Times+1📦,Courier-Post📦,Cardinal Pine📦,East Bay Times📦,Houston Chronicle📦,WBEZ📦
Yolanda P.M.: El Monte mother caring for daughter with cancer detained in ICE sweepYolanda Perez-Magallón, 50, who cares for her daughter with cancer, was detained nearly two weeks during a sweep targeting her son before release on $1,500 bond; she is due in court April 10.Mar 12, 2025·El Monte, CA·Mexico·Univision📦,Peninsula 360 Press📦,Our Humanity California📦,Instagram📦
