The Trump administration barred any U.S. funds from being used to provide legal counsel to hundreds of Venezuelans sent to El Salvador's notorious CECOT megaprison, according to newly revealed details of the deal between the U.S. and El Salvador.

The five-page agreement between the countries, obtained by Democracy Forward in a lawsuit, placed no conditions on a person's treatment or care while in custody in a prison known for torture, but does forbid the use of any funds for “legal counseling.”

The agreement was signed after the Trump administration sent roughly 200 Venezuelan men it accused of being gang members to be housed in the Terrorism Confinement Center, known by its Spanish acronym CECOT.

The documents show the Trump administration had plans to send a larger number of Venezuelan men to the prison — as many as 300 — and paid El Salvador $4.76 million to do so.

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