Neiyerver Adrian Leon Rengel faced the same fate as hundreds of other Venezuelans men who have been deported to El Salvador based solely on tattoos the U.S. government claims indicate affiliation with the Tren de Aragua gang, even though experts say that, unlike Central American gangs, TdA does not typically use tattoos to identify its members.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security pushed back on a New York Times story claiming the Venezuelan couldn't be found on a list of deportees.