Updated June 30, 2026 Deportation & Immigration
Serious Rights Violation
146 Deportees Housed in Hotel That Collapsed in Venezuela Earthquake Hours Later
A US deportation flight landed 146 people in Venezuela on the morning of June 24; that evening, the hotel housing them collapsed in a pair of major earthquakes. Only 32 survivors have been confirmed as of June 30. The US government controlled the timing and destination of the removal that placed these people in the building when it collapsed — an unprecedented question of duty of care in forced-transfer operations, though not a settled area of law.