US deports immigrants to Venezuela after judge blocked Guantanamo Bay transfer

Office of Military Commissions building used for Periodic Review Board hearings stands, on April 18, 2019, in Guantanamo Bay AP/Alex Brandon)

Three immigrants who won a restraining order against the federal government to avoid transfer to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba were deported on flights to Venezuela, according to court documents published on Friday.

The three men were deported on Monday, the day after a federal judge approved a temporary order blocking a possible transfer to Guantanamo Bay.