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Ecuador: High Profile U.S. Deportation Case Puts Spotlight on Political Uses of Migration Control Agreements and Ecuador’s Hardening Policies 

By Global Detention Project on 22 October 2026

The U.S. decision to deport former Ecuadorian Interior Minister Jose Serrano reveals how the Trump administration’s controversial deportation practices are vulnerable to political manipulation. The deportation, which occurred despite a court finding that Mr Serrano could be tortured in Ecuador, was an important political objective of current Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, a right-wing political figure […]

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José Serrano, Ecuador's former interior minister, is escorted onto a private deportation flight from the U.S by ICE, August 2026 (source: https://x.com/DanielNoboaOk/status/2093489752464859513/photo/2)
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