According to immigration officials, a gang member who had been twice deported and was wanted in El Salvador in connection with three murders was returned home last week.
The 24-year-old Noe David Alvarez Escamilla was transported by air from Alexandria, Louisiana, to the Monseor scar Arnulfo Romero International Airport
Noe David Alvarez Escamilla Turned Over
He was turned over to the El Salvadorian Civilian National Police upon arrival. Escamilla first entered the country illegally on an undisclosed date. He is a known 18th Street gang member. On September 11, 2019, he was detained by immigration officers in the vicinity of Eagle Pass, Texas and he was deported on December 2 of that year.
On May 7, 2020, he attempted to re-enter the country in Texas but was apprehended and deported to Mexico under Title 42, a public health directive from the Trump administration.
At an undisclosed time, he returned to the United States illegally once more before being apprehended by Houston immigration authorities and deported.
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Migrants Tortured After Deportation To El Salvador
Meanwhile, 138 Salvadorans were killed between 2013 and 2019 according to Human Rights Watch, and another 70 suffered abuse or sexual assault.
According to a new investigation, at least 200 Salvadoran migrants and asylum seekers have died, been raped, or suffered torture after being sent back to El Salvador by the US government, which is ignoring well-known risks.
Between 2013 and 2019, 138 Salvadorans who had been deported were killed by gang members, police, soldiers, death squads, and ex-partners, according to Human Rights Watch. The majority of them were murdered by the same criminals they had attempted to flee by seeking safety in the US within two years of their deportation.
More than 70 additional people are named in the report, “Deported to Danger: United States Deportation Policies Expose Salvadorans to Death and Abuse,” who were victims of beatings, sexual assault, and extortion, frequently at the hands of gangs, or who disappeared after being returned.
With just over 6 million inhabitants, El Salvador is the most populous nation in Central America and also has one of the highest rates of homicide and sexual assault in the entire world. Additionally, more than twice as many people have been reported missing in the past ten years—nearly 11,000—as during the 1979–1992 civil war.
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