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Pedro Camacho

HISTORICAL FACTS: New report details tense hours experienced by migrants nearly deported to libya very scary - The Untold Story

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A new report has revealed the extent of the ordeal experienced by 13 immigrants detained in Texas who were nearly deported to Libya in the early hours of Wednesday before a federal judge intervened to halt the transfer.

The group, which included nationals from the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, and Mexico, was awoken at 2:30 a.m. by armed guards, shackled, and transported to a military base, where they waited outside a plane that never departed, as NBC News details.

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