Deportation
A mistake sent an asylum seeker to El Salvador. Then he was tortured, a lawsuit claims
José Daniel Guerra-Castañeda said he’s speaking out about his lawsuit because “many people… don’t care” about civil rights abuses that people seeking asylum endure.
Kyle Stucker
USA TODAY NETWORK
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — José Daniel Guerra-Castañeda struggles to talk about the trauma that has profoundly scarred his body and mind.
False accusations he was a murderer and MS-13 gang member. An unlawful deportation riddled with government errors. Nearly 300 days of torture and starvation in an El Salvador prison. Winning his innocence despite long odds — only to be cuffed and thrown back into U.S. immigration detention for two days after his plane landed in America.