Venecuela families fear relatives because Trump celebrates the deportation of El Salvador

According to Mrs. Casique, her son did not have a gang belonging to and entered the United States to seek asylum at the end of 2023 after several years after working in Peru to support his family in the house. During her journey to the north, he was injured in Mexico after falling from the train, she said.

Mr. García, who surrendered to the authorities on the US border, was detained at a routine appearance before the immigration officers last year after they noticed his tattoos, said Mrs. Casique.

The tattoos, which he says, include the crown with the word “peace” in the Spanish language and his mother’s names, grandparents, the authorities have brought to Mr. García under investigation and designate him as a suspected member of the Tren de Aragua, Mrs. Casique said.

Mr. García remained at the Dallas detention center for two months, his mother said, but the judge eventually decided not to pose a danger and allowed him to be released while wore an electronic device to follow his movements.

The New York Times could not independently check why he was detained and released.

After the inauguration of Mr. Trump this year, Mr. García worried, but Mrs. Casique remembered that she told her son she had nothing to fear: the administration said she would go first after the criminals.

But on February 6, the authorities arrived at Mr. García’s door and took him to custody.

“I told him to follow the rules of the country, that he was not a criminal, and he would deport him the most,” Mrs. Casique said. “But I was very naive – I thought the laws would protect him.”

Gabriel Labrador Contribution to San Salvador’s reporting, El Salvador.