Three Venezuelans filed a class action lawsuit against the American companies CSI Aviation and Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX), accusing them of participating in deportation flights that ended with their transfer to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador, where they claim to have suffered arbitrary detention and torture.

According to the lawsuit, taken up by The Guardian and supported by court documents, the companies collaborated with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) in an operation carried out in March 2025, despite the fact that there were court orders seeking to stop those flights.

They accuse human rights violations

The plaintiffs — Andry Omar Blanco Bonilla, Wild Yahare Chirinos Romero and Jerce Egbunik Reyes Barrios — maintain that they and more than 230 Venezuelans were informed that they would be sent back to their country, but ended up in the Salvadoran maximum security prison.

The lawsuit indicates that they were held incommunicado for several months and were victims of beatings, psychological abuse, deprivation of food and medical care, events that qualify as acts of torture.

The case was assigned to federal judge James Boasberg, who previously heard litigation related to these deportations.

Companies deny responsibility

The lawsuit claims that CSI Aviation acted as an intermediary in contracting flights for ICE, while GlobalX operated some of the aircraft used during the expulsions.

The plaintiffs argue that both companies obtained financial benefits through federal contracts and that they played an essential role in carrying out the deportations.

The legal action requests compensation for damages, resources for medical and psychological treatment, as well as for the case to be certified as a class action lawsuit.

As of press time, neither CSI Aviation nor GlobalX had issued a public response regarding the allegations.

Organizations such as Human Rights Watch and the Salvadoran organization Cristosal had already documented complaints about alleged human rights violations within the CECOT, including arbitrary detentions and mistreatment, aspects that are now part of this new judicial battle.

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