Sylvia Foster-Frau

They formed a soccer team and they played soccer together in the afternoons and really just kind of made a life for himself in the year and a half that he's been in the United States.

They formed a soccer team and they played soccer together in the afternoons and really just kind of made a life for himself in the year and a half that he's been in the United States.

He was put on a plane and actually sent to El Salvador's mega prison, which is a notorious and huge complex that has been at the center of allegations of human rights abuses and has been part of the crackdown on crime there in El Salvador.

He was put on a plane and actually sent to El Salvador's mega prison, which is a notorious and huge complex that has been at the center of allegations of human rights abuses and has been part of the crackdown on crime there in El Salvador.

We found, you know, the still that the moment where she recognized her son, it's a very close up part of the video where you see his face and he appears to be wincing. He's kneeling down wearing this like ripped black shirt. His head has been shaven. There had been footage earlier in the video of them shaving all of the new prisoners' heads. And there's an officer behind him kind of gripping him.

We found, you know, the still that the moment where she recognized her son, it's a very close up part of the video where you see his face and he appears to be wincing. He's kneeling down wearing this like ripped black shirt. His head has been shaven. There had been footage earlier in the video of them shaving all of the new prisoners' heads. And there's an officer behind him kind of gripping him.

on the shoulder. And as you can imagine, how hard that would be for a mother to see.

on the shoulder. And as you can imagine, how hard that would be for a mother to see.

We asked the local ICE in Dallas. We asked the federal agencies, Homeland Security and Immigration Customs Enforcement. At the federal level, we asked the White House, what evidence do you have that these folks are tied to Tren del Agua? Can you kind of give us a rundown? Do you have any proof? What are you using to determine this? And we got no response.

We asked the local ICE in Dallas. We asked the federal agencies, Homeland Security and Immigration Customs Enforcement. At the federal level, we asked the White House, what evidence do you have that these folks are tied to Tren del Agua? Can you kind of give us a rundown? Do you have any proof? What are you using to determine this? And we got no response.

We also scoured court records on the national, state, and local level trying to find if these people had been charged with any crime, and we could not find any crime. And then we also spoke to family members and girlfriends and friends of these four immigrants, and they were very vehement in their insistence that these men were not members of the gang.

We also scoured court records on the national, state, and local level trying to find if these people had been charged with any crime, and we could not find any crime. And then we also spoke to family members and girlfriends and friends of these four immigrants, and they were very vehement in their insistence that these men were not members of the gang.

It's extremely high.

It's extremely high.

And so he came up through Central America, crossed the border, was detained for a few days, released, and then got a home in Dallas, Texas, where he began working at a tortilla-making factory. He lived there with his three friends and was working there.

And so he came up through Central America, crossed the border, was detained for a few days, released, and then got a home in Dallas, Texas, where he began working at a tortilla-making factory. He lived there with his three friends and was working there.

They formed a soccer team and they played soccer together in the afternoons and really just kind of made a life for himself in the year and a half that he's been in the United States.

He was put on a plane and actually sent to El Salvador's mega prison, which is a notorious and huge complex that has been at the center of allegations of human rights abuses and has been part of the crackdown on crime there in El Salvador.

We found, you know, the still that the moment where she recognized her son, it's a very close up part of the video where you see his face and he appears to be wincing. He's kneeling down wearing this like ripped black shirt. His head has been shaven. There had been footage earlier in the video of them shaving all of the new prisoners' heads. And there's an officer behind him kind of gripping him.

on the shoulder. And as you can imagine, how hard that would be for a mother to see.

We asked the local ICE in Dallas. We asked the federal agencies, Homeland Security and Immigration Customs Enforcement. At the federal level, we asked the White House, what evidence do you have that these folks are tied to Tren del Agua? Can you kind of give us a rundown? Do you have any proof? What are you using to determine this? And we got no response.

We also scoured court records on the national, state, and local level trying to find if these people had been charged with any crime, and we could not find any crime. And then we also spoke to family members and girlfriends and friends of these four immigrants, and they were very vehement in their insistence that these men were not members of the gang.

It's extremely high.

And so he came up through Central America, crossed the border, was detained for a few days, released, and then got a home in Dallas, Texas, where he began working at a tortilla-making factory. He lived there with his three friends and was working there.