NYT > U.S. News U.S. Fast-Tracked Deportation of Ecuadorean Politician Despite Torture Fears Par : Nicholas Nehamas · José María León Cabrera · Hamed Aleaziz and Genevieve Glatsky 16 septembre 2026 à 12:24 The removal of José Serrano, a critic of President Daniel Noboa who has been accused of criminal activity, underscores how the Trump administration has asserted control over U.S. immigration courts. © Jose Jacome/EPA, via ShutterstockJosé Serrano in 2018, when he was president of Ecuador’s National Assembly. He is now being held in a maximum-security prison in the country.