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Tim Mak
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@timkmak@journa.host  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

“Welcome to hell,” said the prison director to over 200 newcomers. “You will leave it only dead.”

Andry Omar Blanco Bonilla, from Valencia, #Venezuela, had seen videos about this place on YouTube.

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Tim Mak
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@timkmak@journa.host replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Nestled near the mountains, far from any settlement, stands a prison ostensibly made for the most dangerous terrorists and criminals.

Some consider the El Salvadorian institution one of the strictest prisons in the world.
#venezuela #trump

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Tim Mak
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@timkmak@journa.host replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

“Welcome to hell,” said the prison director to over 200 newcomers. “You will leave it only dead.”

Andry Omar Blanco Bonilla, from Valencia, #Venezuela, had seen videos about this place on YouTube.

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@timkmak@journa.host replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Now, he asked himself: what has gone wrong in his life for him to end up here?

Andry was among 252 Venezuelans who were sent by Trump’s order to the maximum-security prison in El Salvador, known as the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, or CECOT.

#prison #us #trump

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@timkmak@journa.host replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

They were accused of being members of the #Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua, though no one provided any evidence. People with no criminal record, who were fleeing poverty, ended up confined in inhumane conditions alongside 40,000 dangerous criminals.

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@CattleBaron@noauthority.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@timkmak "fleeing poverty" is not what the process is for.

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@timkmak@journa.host replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

To find out more about Andry’s story of survival and the current #crisis, click the link https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/inside-the-prison-trumps-ice-sent

Inside the prison Trump’s ICE sent Venezuelans to

Venezuelan Andry Blanco-Bonilla survived ICE’s imprisonment in El Salvador, only to find himself back in Venezuela when the U.S. struck Caracas.
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@timkmak@journa.host replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

#NEWS OF THE DAY:

NUMBER OF WOMEN IN #ARMY SURGES: The share of female #officers in the Ukrainian army has jumped from 4% to 21% over the past 2 years, Oksana Hryhorieva, the #Ukrainian army’s gender adviser, told Hromadske Radio. https://hromadske.radio/news/2026/01/03/kilkist-ofitserok-zrosla-z-4-do-21-za-ostanni-2-roky-radnytsia-z-hendernykh-pytan-henshtabu-zsu

Громадське радіо

Кількість офіцерок зросла з 4% до 21% за останні 2 роки — радниця з гендерних питань Генштабу ЗСУ

Кількість офіцерок серед військовослужбовиць в Україні значно зросла за останні роки, особливо за час повномасштабного вторгнення.
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