ICE deported Salvadoran ex-soldier for human rights violations

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today removed Jose Francisco Grijalva Monroy, 49, from the United States for his involvement in acts of torture and human rights violations while serving in the Salvadoran military. Grijalva Monroy was turned over to immigration authorities in El Salvador. According to documents ... Read more

U.S. deported Salvadoran general

Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, former defense minister and former director of the National Guard of El Salvador was deported from the United States today, after an appeal was denied. In a decision issued on March 11, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissed the appeal of the Salvadoran general from ... Read more

ICE deports Argentine ex-police officer accused of human rights violations

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today deported Juan Miguel Méndez, a former Argentine police officer wanted by the Argentine courts as a war criminal. Méndez is accused of participating in torture and extrajudicial executions in clandestine detention centers during the so-called "dirty war" in Argentina between 1976 and 1983. The Unit of ... Read more

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