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Gellman on Risks of Violence for Salvadoran Informant: WBUR

Associate Professor Mneesha Gellman talked to WBUR about the dangers that likely await a Salvadoran FBI informant if he is sent back to El Salvador, because his identity has been revealed to the MS-13 gang members he was testifying against in Massachusetts.

Gellman said “[John Doe] would be at particular risk of arbitrary detention and violence, including psychological or physical abuse, torture and death, by either state or gang actors due to his background as an FBI informant whose identity was disclosed to members of MS-13.”

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