SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — After spending months in custody and transfers through multiple detention facilities across the country, a woman was deported to her home country of El Salvador.Marta Brizeyda Renderos Leiva was arrested at Salt Lake City International Airport by Homeland Security and Border Patrol agents acting on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.“This is something very painful, and I don't wish it on anybody,” Renderos Leiva said.MORE | Marta Brizeyda Renderos LeivaWoman arrested by ICE near baggage claim at Salt Lake City International AirportAttorney for woman detained at Salt Lake airport files motion to reopen caseVideo shows plain clothed agents detain woman at Salt Lake airport baggage claimRenderos Leiva was arrested at the airport in October while preparing to board a flight. She said the encounter caught her off guard.“When I was walking, I heard someone from behind me say, ‘Lady, stop’,” she said.She said she was confused and repeatedly told officers she was not a criminal.Renderos Leiva said she told the officer that she had a lawful work permit and tried to explain her legal status to the officer arresting her.“I told him, 'Why are you arresting me? I am here lawfully in this country. I have a work permit. I have my real ID,' but they didn’t care about that,” Renderos Leiva said.According to Renderos Leiva, she was taken from the airport to a processing warehouse in West Valley City, then held at the Salt Lake County Metro Jail for about nine days. She said she was later transferred to a jail in Tooele for twelve days, followed by a detention center in Texas for one day.She said she was then moved to two different detention centers in Arizona, where she remained for about two months, before being transferred to a detention center in Louisiana — a facility she described as having the worst conditions.“The detention center is absolutely horrible,” Renderos Leiva said.She said about 100 people were housed in one large room, and that conditions inside were unbearable.“The beds next to the walls get wet, the blankets get wet,” she said.Renderos Leiva said many detainees became sick and that staff did not respond.“A lot of people get sick, they don't care,” she said.She said requests for medical help were ignored.“If people say they don't feel well, that they have a fever, they don't do anything for us,” Renderos Leiva said.Renderos Leiva said during every transfer, including the flight back to El Salvador, detainees were cuffed at the hands, waist, and feet.“I don't understand the logic of why we need to be cuffed at the hands, waist, and feet,” she said.2News attempted to contact ICE multiple times over the past four days to request a timeline of Renderos Leiva’s detention and transfers, as well as information about conditions at the facilities where she was held. They did not respond in time for this report.“We are human beings; we are not animals. They treat animals better than they treat us.” Renderos Leiva said.At the time of her arrest, ICE told 2News that Renderos Leiva entered the United States from El Salvador in 2007 and was issued a “Final removal order in absentia” in February 2020.Her attorney, Adam Crayk, told 2News that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services sent a notice to appear for an interview to a West Valley City address, but according to tax filing documents and other paperwork, Renderos Leiva never lived in West Valley. Crayk said USCIS later issued her a work permit in 2024.Renderos Leiva said she has no criminal record and said she paid taxes every year.“Since I got to this country, I've done my taxes every year,” she said.A 2News checked her record and found two parking tickets and a crossing guard infraction.Renderos Leiva said her four children are all U.S. citizens but cannot afford to travel to El Salvador to visit her. Her attorney said an appeal in her case is still pending.She said her only wish is to return to Utah in time for her children’s graduations in May.“Touch your heart and see a mother’s suffering for her children.” Renderos Leiva said._____