Venezuela has announced plans to investigate several Salvadoran officials, including President Nayib Bukele, over the mistreatment of 252 Venezuelans who were jailed in El Salvador’s CECOT prison after being expelled from the United States. The Venezuelan men reported they were beaten, sexually assaulted and tortured. On Wednesday, one of the men, Andry Hernández, a gay makeup artist, spoke out after being reunited with his family in Venezuela.

Andry Hernández Romero: “On May 23rd, 2024, I left my house with a suitcase full of dreams, with dreams of helping my people, of helping my family. Unfortunately, that suitcase of dreams turned into a suitcase of nightmares, a nightmare that I thought would never end. But today I can say that the torture and that the nightmare are over, and I am happy again.”