Deported Man in El Salvador Prison: Seeks Repatriation

 

BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK ||| EL SALVADOR

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was scooped up in a mass deportation and has since ended up in an El Salvador prison. The Supreme court ruling recently demanded he be returned to the United States of America. President Trump's administration has refused to comply with the order, and the President of El Salvador refuses to let the man out of the country.

In an effort to put pressure on the Trump administartion, Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, a Democrat, flew to El Salvador to seek a release of the man. He was denied from meeting him and turned away.

Van Hollen met with Vice President Felix Ulloa, and was denied an opportunity to meet with Garcia in the maximum security prison.

From Politico:

In a press conference on Wednesday, Van Hollen said that he asked Ulloa for a meeting with Abrego Garcia. Ulloa said he would have needed to “make earlier provisions” to visit, according to the senator, and also added he would be unable to arrange a phone call.

“I asked the vice president — if Abrego Garcia has not committed a crime, and if courts found that he was illegally taken, and the government of El Salvador has found no evidence he was part of MS-13 — then why is El Salvador continuing to hold him?” Van Hollen said.

The Trump administration will only admit Garcia into America, but not facilitate him being released from the El Salvador prison.

Administration officials have repeatedly called Abrego Garcia a “terrorist” and “MS-13 gang member.” The Trump administration has contended that he is a member of the gang by citing an immigration court proceeding from 2019. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, who initially ordered Abrego Garcia’s return, has called the evidence of any gang affiliation extraordinarily flimsy: It amounted to a tip from a confidential informant and the fact that Abrego Garcia wore Chicago Bulls attire. The Department of Homeland Security also released court filings on Wednesday saying Abrego Garcia’s wife had sought a restraining order against him, saying “this MS-13 gang member is not a sympathetic figure.”

Republican Rep. Diana Harshbarger from Tennessee quipped "Maybe the flights they're booking should be one-way."

In recent days, President Trump said he would love to send American-prisoners to El Salvador. Fortunately, there are laws in America that prevent that type of activity. We are certainly sure there will be more news about Garcia in the coming days and weeks.