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All about the infamous CECOT prison — on which CBS's Bari Weiss pulled a story

The Trump administration deported 252 Venezuelan refugees, including gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero, to the prison, where they survived brutal conditions.

Prison officers stand guard over a cell block at maximum security penitentiary CECOT Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism April 2025 Tecoluca San Vicente El Salvador
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Deported gay makeup artist cried for mother in prison, photojournalist says

Andry Hernandez Romero was deported to El Salvador despite having no criminal record.

Political commentator and host at Fox News Jesse Watters appears on air March 2025
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Fox News hosts mock 'innocent' deported gay asylum-seeker & downplay torture reports from Salvadoran mega-prison

“Come on. It’s just a gay barber,” Jesse Watters said.
Andry Hernandez Romero CECOT Terrorism Confinement Center Tecoluca San Vicente El Salvador
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BREAKING: Andry Hernández Romero, gay asylum seeker disappeared by Trump, part of prisoner swap

The gay makeup artist is headed back to Venezuela instead of the U.S., however.

Andry Hernandez Romero CECOT Terrorism Confinement Center Tecoluca San Vicente El Salvador
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Gay asylum-seeker's lawyer worries for the makeup artist's safety in Salvadoran ‘hellhole’ prison

Andry Hernández Romero’s lawyer voiced her concern for the gay man who was deported to El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison.

Venezuelan stylist Andry Hernandez Romero greets family members after returning home in Capacho village Tachira State Venezuela July 2025
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Inside the movement that freed gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero from a hellhole

The U.S. government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely. A coalition of Americans didn’t let them.