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Meet Beto Coral, Activist Targeted by ICE for Criticism of Trump-Backed Colombian President-Elect

an ICE facility — triggers: solitary confinement. A prominent Colombian activist left the United States after he was arrested by immigration agents and detained for over a month in an <span class="caps">ICE</span> jail. Franklin Humberto Coral Garrido, known as Beto Coral, was a frequent online critic of far-right President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, a Trump ally

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    Democracy Now!

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    http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/28/beto_coral_deportation_colombia_gustavo_petro
    A prominent Colombian activist left the United States after he was arrested by immigration agents and detained for over a month in an <span class="caps">ICE</span> jail. Franklin Humberto Coral Garrido, known as Beto Coral, was a frequent online critic of far-right President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, a Trump ally, in the run-up to Colombia’s election.</p> <p>In a memo obtained by <em>The New York Times</em> in June, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed for Coral’s deportation and acc