Lilia Luciano

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Lilia Luciano

Just one day before Mohsen Mahdawi was detained by immigration agents at what he was told was his citizenship interview, the Columbia student and Palestinian activist told CBS News he thought there was a chance the long-awaited appointment could be a trap. "It's the first feeling of like, I've been waiting for this for more than a year," Mahdawi — a native of the Israeli-occupied West Bank who has held a green card for the last decade — told CBS News on the eve of his detention.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Nicole Brown Chau |Lilia Luciano

Woman spots partner in El Salvador prison video Tattoos of crowns, a clock and other symbols have been used by the Trump administration to allege Venezuelan men deported from the U.S. are members of the Tren de Aragua gang. But experts and police in a Colorado city who have investigated the gang say tattoos aren't reliable markers of affiliation.

4 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Lilia Luciano

Woman spots partner in El Salvador prison video When videos were released showing more than 200 Venezuelan men who had been deported from the U.S. arriving in El Salvador at one of the world's most dangerous prisons, a woman named Nays recognized one of the faces. It was her partner, and seeing him in the video filled her with terror, she told CBS News.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Lilia Luciano

Wife looks for husband thought to be deported The families of some of the men deported by the Trump administration to an El Salvador prison Saturday say not all of them are gang members. The wife of a barber from Venezuela fears he was on one of the deportation flights. Documents show he has no criminal record. Franco José Caraballo Tiapa, 26, is from Venezuela and entered the U.S. in 2023, requesting asylum from persecution back home.

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Lilia Luciano

Inside El Salvador's notorious CECOT mega-prison San Salvador — It takes about 90 minutes to drive from El Salvador's capital, San Salvador, to the most notorious prison in the country. Opened in 2023, the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism, known as CECOT, was designed to hold the most dangerous gang members in what used to be the country with the highest murder rate in the world. Prisoners cannot receive visitors, and hearings happen only via zoom.