And just little more context from me: I spent years reporting on body-cams. (I know.)

Here's a piece I did for @propublica.org and the New York Times Magazine on how law enforcement has often undermined the promise of them:

www.propublica.org/article/how-...

4/ Some ICE officers on the scene reacted emotionally to the incident. One said: “What the fuck?” Another told me: “This is a real problem.“

2/ Journalist L. Vural Elibol and other photographers apparently wanted to understand why ICE agents were following a woman into a public elevator. As they tried to enter the elevator, a supervisor from the ICE team at the New York Field Office shouted, “Get out the fucking elevator!”

We published their stories as part of an effort to understand - when neither the U.S. nor Salvadoran governments had released the names of the men sent to CECOT - who these men were, and why they had been sent to the infamous prison.
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What @perla-trevizo.bsky.social , @micarosenberg.bsky.social , @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social , and a group of Venezuelan journalists from @cazadoresdefakenews.info and Alianza Rebelde Investiga uncovered was chilling:

We also published a first-of-its kind database where you can learn more about the men’s lives in Venezuela, how they came to the U.S., and how they got caught up in the system.
You can also reach out to us if you have more information.
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​​To read the full story: www.propublica.org/article/vene... in collaboration w/ @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @micarosenberg.bsky.social and our colleagues from ‪@cazadoresdefakenews.info‬ & Alianza Rebelde Investiga, among many others who made this work possible.

A U.S. State Department spokesperson said the U.S. is not responsible for the conditions of the men’s detention in El Salvador.

And a DHS official insisted the men were all members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

The Salvadoran government denied any mistreatment and pointed to videos of the men leaving the prison as proof they were in good shape.

Several of those interviewed said suicide crossed their minds. “I’d rather die or kill myself than to keep living through this experience," 39-year-old Juan José told us he thought at times. But he found solace in the Bible, the only book they had, and his faith.

"The prison director told us: Welcome to hell, where you enter alive and leave dead," said Wilmer, when describing the torture and beatings he endured over four months.
The 39-year-old had come to the U.S. to help pay for his mother's cancer treatment.

Andry, 40, wondered if he would ever be able to embrace his mother again. He tries to make sense of how the U.S. government accused him of being a gang member and terrorist.
“We are a group of people who I consider had the bad luck of ending up on this black list,” he told us.

Hello Kerry, I don't know. www.togetherandfree.net is one of the groups working with some of the families, they might be able to provide some guidance.

This is the result of a big team of journalists and editors in the US and Venezuela @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social Ronna Rísquez, Adrián González, Adriana Núñez Moros, Carlos Centeno, Gabriel Sandoval, Jeff Ernsthausen, Ruth Talbot, Cengiz Yar, Zisiga Mukulu and more 9/

If you have any information about these men. You can help us continue our reporting here. www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...