US President Donald Trump invoked rarely-used wartime legislation to fly the men to El Salvador on March 16 without any kind of court hearing, alleging they were members of the violent Tren de Aragua gang, which their families and lawyers deny.
On Monday, lawyer Jaime Ortega filed a habeas corpus petition, demanding justification be provided for the migrants' continued detention.
Ortega said he was hired by the Venezuelan government and a committee of relatives of detained Venezuelans.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said the motion seeks the release of countrymen he described as having been kidnapped.
Bukele is hailed at home for his crackdown on violent crime -- with tens of thousands of suspected gangsters sent to the CECOT, which he had specially built.
Many habeas corpus petitions have been filed with the Supreme Court seeking the release of people arrested during the crackdown on gangs, but very few have received a response.
“Bukele already violates the human rights of thousands of Salvadorans... and now he is preparing to violate the rights of these people from Venezuela who have not been proven guilty of a crime,“ protester Antonio Medrano, 47, said in the capital Monday.
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