Guards at Alligator Alcatraz allegedly deployed teargas and conducted mass beatings to quell a reported mini-uprising. At least three detainees phoned Noticias 23 to describe guards rushing in, beating people indiscriminately with batons, and firing teargas after migrants shouted for freedom when one learned a relative had died. Detainees reported ongoing fire alarms and a circling helicopter, and described bleeding and injuries. The camp holds migrants in metal cages awaiting deportation. A federal judge ordered the remote tented camp closed for environmental law breaches, while the agency operating the facility denied that an uprising occurred.
Guards at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz immigration jail deployed teargas and engaged in a mass beating of detainees to quell a mini-uprising, it was reported on Friday. The allegations, made by at least three detainees in phone calls to Miami's Spanish language news channel Noticias 23, come as authorities race to empty the camp in compliance with a judge's order to close the remote tented camp in the Everglades wetlands. The incident took place after several migrants held there began shouting for freedom after one received news a relative had died, according to the outlet. A team of guards then rushed in and began beating individuals indiscriminately with batons, and fired teargas at them, the detainees said.
'They've beaten everyone here, a lot of people have bled. Brother, teargas. We are immigrants, we are not criminals, we are not murderers,' one of the men reportedly told Noticias 23 in a call.
These reports are manufactured. There is no uprising happening at Alligator Alcatraz. Detainees are given clean
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