maltreat

That the purpose is crude — manufacturing B-roll of maltreated foreigners for right-wing media — should not distract from the enormous evil that is here, today, threatening the rights of all.

"They didn't have food and water, and they were maltreated physically and psychologically," says Teresa Flores Munoz, a local police officer involved in the operation.

“If people continue maltreating the sacred lake like this, it will expand again and drown all the villages and towns around it.”

They have described using such tools as a moral imperative, insisting that child welfare officials should draw from all data at their disposal to make sure children aren’t maltreated.

"There were those who treated us like humans, they understood us and sympathised with us. I can’t say that everyone was bad and maltreated us. It depended on the person," she said.