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Rhiannon12866

(242,125 posts)
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 12:51 AM 22 hrs ago

'Endured physical and psychological abuse': Freed CECOT deportee and gay makeup artist speaks out - MSNBC Reports



Andry Hernandez Romero, a migrant and makeup artist from Venezuela who was deported to El Salvador's CECOT prison - is now free. He sits down with Ana Cabrera to tell his story for the first time on American television. - Aired on 09/05/2025.
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'Endured physical and psychological abuse': Freed CECOT deportee and gay makeup artist speaks out - MSNBC Reports (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 22 hrs ago OP
Thank you for posting this! I cried every time I KitFox 22 hrs ago #1
Wow! Kudos to your Dad! I can't imagine the terrible cruelty he saw... Rhiannon12866 22 hrs ago #2
Dad didn't talk about it too much, but he did tell us a lot of detail about the KitFox 21 hrs ago #3
It must have done him good to talk about his experiences Rhiannon12866 21 hrs ago #4

KitFox

(387 posts)
1. Thank you for posting this! I cried every time I
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 01:23 AM
22 hrs ago

saw news of the immense cruelty that was being inflicted on them. I couldn’t fathom it. The entire regime of studied cruelty remains a daily abomination. My dad was a battlefield medic in World War II and his unit helped liberate Buchenwald concentration camp. I can’t begin to imagine how he would feel watching what is happening 80 years later. Thanks again for posting this critically important interview!

Rhiannon12866

(242,125 posts)
2. Wow! Kudos to your Dad! I can't imagine the terrible cruelty he saw...
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 01:28 AM
22 hrs ago

And I had wondered how this vulnerable illegally deported immigrant was doing. I was grateful to hear that he was alive and well, despite his horrific experience, but I only wish that he was allowed back in this country...

KitFox

(387 posts)
3. Dad didn't talk about it too much, but he did tell us a lot of detail about the
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 01:45 AM
21 hrs ago

people from the Belgian villages in the resistance who helped them during the Battle of the Bulge. That young man showed such grace in that interview in the face of what he went through! Definitely our country’s loss!😞

Rhiannon12866

(242,125 posts)
4. It must have done him good to talk about his experiences
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 01:55 AM
21 hrs ago

My Dad served in the Navy, was radio operator on aircraft carrier USS Ranger and he certainly had stories, but he served after the war. My grandmother always said that she was grateful that none of her three boys was the right age for any war. However, my grandfather served in WWI, delivered ammunition to the front on horseback. My grandmother said he didn't like to talk about it, but would tell some stories to the children.

And I sure agree about that young man, I'm just so glad that he survived his ordeal and can share his story now.

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