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The Goalie Who Disappeared
Manage episode 480040602 series 3501295
Jerce Reyes Barrios was a pro soccer player in Venezuela — an underdog living a sports-movie dream. Then he became an immigrant to Trump's America: The administration accused Jerce of being a gang member. ICE flew him to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. And his family hasn't spoken to him since. All of this... for a tattoo about his favorite football club. Paola Ramos reports on how Jerce escaped one dictator, only to be trapped by another, thanks to the very collapse of American democracy itself.
• Read Paola Ramos' book, "Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America"
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741645/defectors-by-paola-ramos/
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274 episodes
Manage episode 480040602 series 3501295
Jerce Reyes Barrios was a pro soccer player in Venezuela — an underdog living a sports-movie dream. Then he became an immigrant to Trump's America: The administration accused Jerce of being a gang member. ICE flew him to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. And his family hasn't spoken to him since. All of this... for a tattoo about his favorite football club. Paola Ramos reports on how Jerce escaped one dictator, only to be trapped by another, thanks to the very collapse of American democracy itself.
• Read Paola Ramos' book, "Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America"
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741645/defectors-by-paola-ramos/
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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