Republicans Reject Bid to Probe Human Rights in El Salvador

US Senate Republicans block measure to probe human rights in El Salvador

Senate votes 50-45 against legislation - Anadolu Ajansı

Republicans reject bid to probe human rights in El Salvador

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday defeated a Democratic resolution calling for review of human rights in El Salvador, focusing on conditions at a maximum-security prison holding people deported from the United States.

With a vote of 50-45, the Republican senators rejected the Democratic proposal calling for a review of respect for human rights in El Salvador, a country where 252 Venezuelans deported from the United States (US) remain kidnapped. The resolution focused on the case of Kilmar Abrego García, a Salvadoran migrant who was deported for an “administrative error” and remains imprisoned in the so-called Center for Confining Terrorism (Cecot) created by …

The bill was defeated by 50 to 45, with senators voting along the lines of their party, their approval was not expected in the chamber