Three years ago, Nayib Bukele, the president-cum-dictator of El Salvador, had a message for American lawmakers: “OK boomers … You have 0 jurisdiction on a sovereign and independent nation. We are not your colony, your back yard or your front yard.” But since then, it seems he’s had a change of heart.

Frengel Reyes Mota was supposed to be dealing with his ongoing asylum case as he fought for his chance to stay in the United States. Suddenly, he instead found himself locked up in a mega prison thousands of miles away.

Relatives and attorneys seek answers about the men sent to the high-security prison as the Venezuelan government calls for their return.

A law firm on Monday presented a habeas corpus lawsuit to El Salvador's Supreme Court in defense of 30 Venezuelan citizens jailed in the Central American nation's so-called mega-prison after being deported there by the United States.