Andry Hernandez jumped through hoops to claim asylum in the United States, hopeful of beginning a new life with an American man he met on Instagram -- only to be doomed by an innocent pair of wrist tattoos that landed him in a brutal El Salvador prison.

Andry, a 32-year-old gay make-up artist and stylist, became one of the faces of US President Donald Trump's migrant crackdown when he was arrested and deported with 251 other Venezuelans to El Salvador's Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT).

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