Venezuelan deportees sue US firms over El Salvador prison flights
Venezuelan men sent last year to a high-security prison in El Salvador under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown sued the US aviation companies that transported them, the Guardian reported. The lawsuit named CSI Aviation and GlobalX and accused them of violating the men's civil rights by flying them to the facility.
Why it matters
The case tests whether private contractors can be held liable for deportations, potentially exposing firms that support government removal operations to legal risk.
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Part of the July 26, 2026 brief.