US judge blocks possible transfer of Venezuelan detainees to Guantanamo


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  • Monday, 10 Feb 2025

FILE PHOTO: The first U.S. military aircraft to carry detained migrants to a detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, who U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin called "highly dangerous criminal aliens", is boarded from an unspecified location in the U.S. February 4, 2025 DHS/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

(Reuters) -A federal judge in New Mexico on Sunday granted a preemptive restraining order to block the U.S. government from sending three Venezuelan men detained in the state from being sent to a military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Judge Kenneth Gonzales of the Federal District Court for New Mexico said during a video conference hearing that he was granting the order, said Baher Azmy, a lawyer for the men.

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