The treatment of Venezuelan migrants held in a Salvadoran prison in the US has been a request due to “arbitrary” detention “and” torture “

A report released Wednesday by human rights groups determined that the deportation and treatment of more than 200 Venezuelan migrants imprisoned in El Salvador For months, at the request of the US, we were detained for dissent and forced disappearances under international law.

The investigation, by human rights groups and Cristosal, found that the detainees were victims of “continuous beatings” by Salvadoran guards in the main face of CECOT, as well as other forms of abuse, including cases of sexual abuse. Investigators contend some of these allegations of torture constitute torture under international law.

“The human rights violations documented in this report violate El Salvador’s obligations under international law, including indiscriminate killings, and forced torture,” the report said.

Finding a lot of interviews, including 40 Venezuelan men who were sent to the prison of Mega, Cristosal Teand and Cristosal “Getting basic food, limited medical care and the denial of the United Nations Laws to Control the Treatment of Prisoners.

“These beatings and other abuses seem to be part of a practice designed to conquer, humiliate, and arrest them in inflicting suffering on their bodies and lives,” said the report. “It appears that the officers acted in the belief that their superiors supported or tolerated their acts of abuse.”

Human rights groups argue that the US government is “complicit” in the mistreatment they have received, Commenting the Trump administration was blamed for the seizure of Tren de Aragua, a gang from Venezuela.

CBS News has reached out to the State Department and the White House for comment.

The Venezuelan men at the center of the investigation were released from ceCot this summer and returned to Venezuela as part of the US prisoner exchange-. Most of them were deported to El Salvador in mid-March by the US government after the Trump administration accused them of having dangerous gangs and members of the Tren de Aragua. Many were deported from the US without due process under the Wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

CBS News first find and publish List of Venezuelan men sent to CECOT in March. Using that list, “60 Minutes” and CBS News – come in That many of the deportees had no criminal record, in the US or abroad, despite the administration’s allegations.

Human Rights groups made the findings in their report, saying “Their Review of Documents and Records Shows that most of them have not been found guilty of any crimes by the Federal or state authorities in Venezuela or other Latin American countries where they lived.”