Kerry Kennedy, Daughter of RFK & President of RFK Human Rights, Denied Assess to CECOT Prison

We’re here in San Salvador, El Salvador, where at least 288 people have been kidnapped off the streets of the United States and flown to a foreign country, and are now being held in detention centers and prisons.

These are some of the most notorious detention centers and… pic.twitter.com/RZIkPNO3Cc

— Kerry Kennedy (@KerryKennedyRFK) April 27, 2025

… prisons.

These are some of the most notorious detention centers and prisons in the world, known for torture.

Yesterday, we traveled to one of the main detention centers in Mariona, El Salvador, but unsurprisingly, access was denied. A prison guard confirmed that nobody has been allowed to enter any of the detention centers, not even family members. They also confirmed that detainees are… pic.twitter.com/8OZ9wQwS3g

— Kerry Kennedy (@KerryKennedyRFK) April 28, 2025

… not allowed to make sporadic phone calls to their family members.

We also met with victims of human rights abuses, including several men who were detained for over a year under the exception regime, and who still have other family members inside the prisons. They were fishermen, peasants, ordinary and hardworking individuals who were taken by the police and thrown in prison without any proper hearings, access to their lawyers or their families, and who shared with us the torture and inhumane conditions they suffered and witnessed in the different detention centers they were held in.

While we formally requested access to CECOT, where ten of our Venezuelan clients are detained, and to the Centro Industrial Penitenciario in Santa Ana, where Kilmar Abrego Garcia is detained, the Salvadorian authorities have not responded to our requests.

(1/2) RFK Human Rights President, @KerryKennedyRFK, and our team of lawyers are visiting El Salvador to advocate for Venezuelans deported from the U.S. without due process, and learn more about the detention conditions in the country.

Our team has submitted a request for access… pic.twitter.com/7BGQhjv6Pp

— Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (@RFKHumanRights) April 26, 2025

… to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT); we anticipate the request may be denied.

(2/2) RFK Human Rights is representing 10 clients (internationally) whom we believe have been forcibly disappeared to El Salvador by the Trump administration.

We are sharing some of their stories below. To view the full list, please visit our IG, FB, or LinkedIn page. pic.twitter.com/8FcLutqfiJ

— Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (@RFKHumanRights) April 26, 2025