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On Feb. 15, 2025, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas called his wife from inside a Texas immigration detention facility and asked her to record a message
https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-deportees-trump-immigration-asylum-el-salvador

He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared.
Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.

Steph And The Sleepytime Crew
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods

Ukrainian artist's 'Sculpture' series normalizes injured bodies of Ukraine's soldiers: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/18/ukrainian-artists-sculpture-series-normalizes.html

Mario Guevara, an El Salvador-born journalist who covers immigration raids, may face deportation after his arrest while covering No Kings protests in Atlanta (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/media/mario-guevara-salvadoran-jo…

Salvadoran journalist arrested while streaming a ‘No Kings’ protest could face deportation
ICE has requested an immigration “detainer” for Mario Guevara, the first step towards potentially deporting the El Salvador-born reporter, his lawyer said.

A gas rich cosmic web revealed by partitioning the missing #baryons: https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.16952 -> Scientists have spotted the universe’s “missing matter” hiding in a vast cosmic web with some help from fast radio bursts from deep space: https://www.404media.co/one-of-the-universes-biggest-mysteries-has-been-solved-scientists-say/

There’s a new #OpenStreetMap website feature related to #Wikidata!
When viewing objects in OSM that have a Wikidata tag, you can now click the Wikidata icon to turn the opaque QID values into human-readable info (plus a link to Wikipedia if any).

El Salvador to send detained Venezuelans to Caracas in prison swap for Americans, sources say (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/el-salvador-send-detained-venezuelans-caracas-prison-swap-americans-sources-say-2025-07-18/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250718/p71#a250718p71

Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/world/americas/venezuela-us-prisoner-swap-migrants-el-salvador.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XU8.DoFr.qbyXIh1xsp1Q&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250718/p127#a250718p127

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, emboldened by his Trump administration ties, is cracking down on journalists along with dissenting lawyers and activists (Samantha Schmidt/Washington Post)

Bukele, emboldened by Trump, is arresting prominent critics
While the Trump administration deepens ties with El Salvador, its millennial president is cracking down on dissenting lawyers, activists and journalists.

"We Were Kidnapped" -- On Friday, more than 200 Venezuelans disappeared to a megaprison in El Salvador returned home. (Mother Jones)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/we-were-kidnapped-prisoner-swap-venezuela-bukele-cecot-trump-ms13-deportation-el-salvador/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250718/p146#a250718p146