Andry was here in the US seeking asylum, but was sent to an ICE facility which is known specifically for horrendous treatment of gay and trans detainees.
From https://www.them.us/story/andry-hernandez-romero-charles-cross-junior-ice-detention-tren-de-aragua
Romero’s attorney Lindsay Toczylowski said this week that her client “disappeared” one day last month when he was scheduled for an asylum hearing, and that she has “grave concerns” for his safety.
Authorities say they targeted Hernandez in part due to his two tattoos of crowns (labeled “mom” and “dad” respectively), which they have claimed are icons of the Venezuelan “Tren de Aragua” gang. But as USA Today reported on Thursday, one of the sources of that claim is Charles Cross, Jr., a discredited former Milwaukee police sergeant who was fired in 2012 after a string of offenses related to alcohol abuse. [More details of history of violence and substance abuse]...Cross was placed on the Milwaukee County Brady List, a record of police officers deemed by prosecutors to not be credible.
That didn’t stop Cross from becoming an employee of CoreCivic, a large private prison contractor that operates facilities for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). As USA Today found, Cross is listed as “Investigator” on forms that declared Hernandez a Tren de Aragua member. A document dated December 10, 2024, a rubric listing possible factors to indicate gang affiliation, scored Romero at just five points out of a possible 47, solely because of his “mom” and “dad” crown tattoos. “The crown has been found to be an identifier for a Tren de Aragua gang member,” claims the document, which was marked “confirmed by” Cross. In fact, not only were Hernandez’s tattoos clearly labeled for his parents, they also had significance for the annual Three Kings Day festivals in Hernandez’s Venezuelan hometown of Capacho, as 60 Minutes reported earlier this week.
Next time you see someone with a tattoo of their mother or father, imagine them being sent to a torture prison based on that as evidence.
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