According to Telemundo, the 15 deportees are staying at a property under a program run by the International Organization for Migration, a U.N.-affiliated agency. The organization declined to provide further details on the process or how long the migrants may remain in the country

Asked whether they are being held as detainees or are free to leave, Cubillos described the situation as contradictory.

“They tell us we are completely free, that we shouldn’t be afraid, that we are fully protected. But we want to leave and they don’t let us,” he said.

“We are prisoners, with the freedom to have a phone and technology, that’s it,” Rodelo said.>>>