Trump’s deportation blitz last fall evokes painful memories of Latin American ‘disappearances’

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date April 12, 2026, 7 a.m.
Last Updated April 12, 2026, 7 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2026/04/12/trumps-deportation-blitz-evokes-painful-memories-latin-american-disappearances

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In December 1979, Neris González was leaving the market in her farm town in central El Salvador when Salvadoran national guardsmen suddenly grabbed her and took her captive. González, who was in her late teens, was taken to a clandestine prison where she was brutally tortured for two weeks before f...