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US accidentally sent Maryland father to Salvadorian prison, can't get him back

(www.independent.co.uk)
224 points croes | 2 comments | 01 Apr 25 09:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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fabian2k ◴[01 Apr 25 09:44 UTC] No.43544773[source]▶
It's not an accident if the government intentionally circumvents all checks that usually would apply to cases like this and denies them due process. It's also intentional that they send these people to a prison in a different country (and for most of them not the country they are originally from) with conditions that would certainly be illegal in the US itself.

This is also about more than just this single case. From the little we know so far it seems that being from Venezuela and having any kind of tattoo is sufficient to be targeted.

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1. EasyMark ◴[01 Apr 25 23:17 UTC] No.43552307[source]▶
I find it's more about harming others than helping their own with the new administration, it's very much delighting in the pain of others rather than pursuing a better future or more sane politics.
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2. UncleMeat ◴[02 Apr 25 12:55 UTC] No.43556134[source]▶
Absolutely. You don't send administration leaders for photo ops in front of prisoners or share AI images of people crying as they are arrested unless glee at the suffering of others is part of the point.

At least with Abu Ghraib the message from leadership was that it was rogue individuals doing bad things. Whether this was actually true is another question, but at least the Bush admin felt it was important to say "this behavior is wrong." Now we've got messaging from the administration saying "look at how much pain we can inflict."