The New York Times has obtained a list of 53 men whom the Homeland Security Department has sent from an immigration detention site in Texas to a prison building at the military base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
The U.S. government has not released the men’s names but has described them as Venezuelan citizens under final deportation orders. By not disclosing the migrants’ identities, the government has prevented their relatives from learning where they are being held and complicated efforts by lawyers who want to challenge their detention.
The Times is publishing the list. But we have not independently assessed the Trump administration’s characterization of the 53 men being housed in the prison, called Camp 6, as “high-threat illegal aliens” or violent gang members.
The Times has found listings for 50 of the men in the U.S. immigration service’s Detainee Locator, which allows the public to search for people by name.
Until recently, the men had been listed as being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in El Paso. U.S. cargo planes began moving migrants to Guantánamo, and the agency switched their locations to “Florida.” Detainee operations at Guantánamo Bay are overseen by the U.S. Southern Command, which is near Miami, and the overall base is supervised by Navy headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla.
As of Wednesday, the military had brought about 100 migrants to Guantánamo. The people who are not named on the list were being held in a separate facility.
Two of the names subsequently showed up in a lawsuit, which was filed on Wednesday in part by their relatives, seeking legal access to the detainees. The relatives said they recognized the men in pictures from a transfer operation that the government had made public.
Three of the names, marked with asterisks, did not appear to be in the locator system, which requires exact spellings.
Here is the list:
Acosta Carreno, Yonniel Daniel
Alviares Armas, Jhonatan Alejandro
Azocar-Moreno, Alexandro
Bastidas Paz, Jhoan
Bellorin-Cardiel, Javier Alejandro
Bermudez Gamez, Jose
Briceno-Rojas, Adrian Jose
Cardozo Oliveros, Carlos
Castillo Rivera, Luis Alberto
Ceballos-Jemenez, Kleiber Eduardo
Chirino Torres, Jonathan
Chirinos Rodriguez, Edixon Leonel
Duarte-Marin, Allinzon
Duran-Arape, Mayfreed
Escalona Hernandez, Jefferson *
Esteira Medina, Misael Jose
Gomez Lugo, Tilso Ramon
Guerrero Mejias, Bryan Sleydher
Guevara-Varguillas, Sergio Gabriel
Guilarte, Oswal Yonaiker
Liendo-Liendo, Endry Jose
Lindado Mazo, Ricardo Jose
Marquez Sanchez, Jesus David
Medina Andrade, Jose Gregario
Mendez Canas, Freddy Javier
Mendez Ramos, Jesus Enrique
Montes Fernandez, Franyer
Mundaray-Salazar, Argelis Jose
Orelanna, Deiby Jose *
Oviedo-Hurtado, Brayan Alberto
Palma-Osorio, Carlos David
Paredes Salazar, Jose Alejandro
Prado Pirona, Jesus
Purroy Roldan, Yoiner Jose
Quintero Quintero, Yohanderson
Rios Salas, Luis Alberto
Rivas-Rivas, Lorwis Jose
Rivero Pinero, Brayan
Rodriguez Diaz, Kevin
Rodriguez Fermin, Rafael
Rojas Pena, Junior
Sanchez Vasquez, Junior
Sandovalascanio, Anthony Yosmar
Santana-Jara, Andres
Simancas Rodriguez, Jose
Sulbaran D’Avila, Erick Johan
Tiberio-Pacheco, Julio
Uvieda Machado, Alexis
Uzcategui Uzcaegui, Diuvar *
Velazquez-Penaloza, Julio Jose
Villasana Villegas, Douglas Jesus
Wullians Oropeza, Daimer
Yanes-Gonzalez, Ali Jose
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