Republican Congressmen from West Virginia and Missouri, respectively, took a trip to El Salvador on Tuesday where they were given a tour of Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT), a two-year old maximum security prison. Each posted photos to their social media pages after the visit, gloating about their access. Photos like this are only possible when you’ve become so divorced from the humanity of others that they become nothing more than props in your political ploy. Amnesty International released a statement condemning the March abduction of 238 men from the US to El Salvador and warned of the dangers of CECOT. “Reports indicate extreme overcrowding, lack of access to adequate medical care, and widespread ill-treatment amounting to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. Additionally, Salvadoran organizations have reported more than 300 deaths of individuals while in state custody, some of them showing clear signs of violence.”
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