The Trump administration’s agreement with El Salvador to detain alleged criminal gang members has been made public for the first time, as part of a lawsuit challenging the use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA).

Under the agreement, El Salvador was paid $4.76 million to house 300 immigrants accused of being part of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TDA) at its CECOT high-security prison, as long as certain conditions were met, including not assisting asylum-seekers.

The document was released by Democracy Forward, one of the groups suing the U.S. Department of State, alongside Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, for the use of the AEA to speedily deport alleged illegal immigrants earlier this year.

Anthony Enriquez, Vice President of U.S. Advocacy and Litigation at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, told Newsweek in a statement: “The American people finally have the evidence they were entitled to all along. It shows that the United States handed El Salvador a 4.76 million dollar check for ‘costs associated with detaining’ 238 men falsely accused of gang membership.

What did those ‘costs associated’ include? Daily beatings that left people in wheelchairs, with broken teeth, and vomiting blood. Simulated drowning. Forcible sex acts on guards. The torture inflicted on these men as a result of the illegal agreement between the United States and El Salvador is a moral stain that our lawsuit seeks to prevent from ever occurring again.”

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