Tattoo artist who agreed to return to Venezuela was sent to El Salvador prison, family says
The brother of Jhon Chacin, a Venezuelan asylum-seeker, is seeking answers as the Venezuelan government calls for the deportees' release from an El Salvador prison.
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Family members of migrants deported to El Salvador mega prison speak out
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