The United States has sent six Guantánamo prisoners to Uruguay after reaching a deal earlier this year. All six were approved for release more than four years ago. Their transfer is the largest for a single group out of Guantánamo since 2009. One of the prisoners, Jihad Diyab, has filed a lawsuit against the force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners. In an interview, outgoing Uruguayan President José Mujica said he agreed to receive the six out of his longstanding opposition to Guantánamo Bay.

Uruguayan President José Mujica: “That isn’t a prison. It’s a kidnapping den, because a prison entails subjection to some system of law, the presence of some sort of prosecutor, the decision of some judge — whomever that may be — and a minimal point of reference from a judicial point of view. Guantánamo has nothing.”