Venezuelan immigrant in Detroit makes a wrong turn at Ambassador Bridge, is deported to El Salvador

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/04/23/venezuelan-immigrant-detroit-michigan-deported-el-salvador/83228829007/


A 32-year-old Venezuelan immigrant, Ricardo Prada Vásquez, reportedly went the wrong way while delivering a food order in January in Detroit, ended up crossing the Canadian border, was taken into custody by U.S. authorities, and deported.

He was sent to El Salvador.

"What we're seeing is one wrong turn at the Detroit bridge — the Ambassador Bridge — can result in your loved one disappearing," Christine Sauve, the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center's communications coordinator told the Free Press. "And that shouldn't be the case."

There now appears to be scant official information about Prada, prompting an investigation by the New York Times, which first published details of his case on Tuesday under the headline "An Immigrant Held in U.S. Custody 'Simply Disappeared.' "

Prada's plight is the latest twist in an intensifying showdown between two branches of government, the executive and judiciary: A federal judge has ordered other deportations to be reversed because of inadequate due process. The White House has not complied.

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