Argentina - trump’s newest deportation destination?

Milei is about to have to start paying his best friend back for the American taxpayers’ generosity.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/world/americas/argentina-us-deportations-immigrants-milei.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IVA.aObs.ZBDjfyg9P-Wo&smid=url-share

Will Argentina be the next El Salvador torture camp for hapless deportees? Will the ghost of the military dictatorship raise its ugly head again, only this time with other Latin American “guests?” Will Death Flights be revived?

ESMA is certainly still standing, and when that is full, some of these other sites might be retrofitted to accept people snatched from their homes by CBP and ICE:

• Ford Motor Argentina Plant: A CCD operated within the factory in General Pacheco, involving company personnel in the interrogation and torture of workers.
• La Huerta: A known site in the Buenos Aires province.
• Monte Peloni: A farm on Route 226, used by the Army to torture activists between 1976 and 1978.
• Naval Infantry Battalion No. 3 (BIM 3): Located in La Plata.
• Campana's Federal Shooting Range:Occupied by Armed Forces for abductions and torture.
• Quinta de Méndez: Another site of imprisonment.
• El Silencio: Located in Tigre.
• ISER (Rural Education Higher Institute): Served as a detention site.

“The Milei administration has expressed concern about the risk of public backlash and its own efforts to limit migration to Argentina, according to the government records. Other obstacles include the potential financial burden on Argentina amid budget cuts implemented by Mr. Milei and a lack of infrastructure to house and transport migrants, the records show.”

(NYT)