Article snippet: A young asylum seeker who was tortured in his native Venezuela no longer faces deportation after an immigration judge in Miami ended removal proceedings against him this week. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested the man, Marco Coello, 22, in April when he appeared for his asylum interview and initiated deportation proceedings. The arrest, while legal, was unusual because Mr. Coello seemed to have a strong argument for winning asylum. Now Mr. Coello can proceed with his asylum case after he asked an immigration judge to terminate the deportation proceedings and the Department of Homeland Security, the parent of ICE, did not object, according to a one-page order issued on Monday. “They screwed up royally when they detained him and here’s the proof,” said his lawyer, Elizabeth Blandon. She added that Mr. Coello was “extremely grateful.” A spokesman for ICE in Miami had no immediate comment on the case on Wednesday. Mr. Coello was 18 when he participated in a protest in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, in 2014. The demonstration turned violent and Mr. Coello was detained. Members of the security services beat him with a fire extinguisher and a golf club and tortured him with electric shocks. He was imprisoned but was later released pending trial and fled to the United States. Mr. Coello’s mistreatment was documented by a Human Rights Watch report that year and the next year in a report by the State Department on human rights in Venezuela. With such e... Link to the full article to read more