77 m. ago El Salvador’s president denies that Kilmar Ábrego García was abused in notorious prison

Nayib Bukele disputed claims of Ábrego García’s lawyers that he was tortured and deprived of sleep while in custodyThe president of El Salvador has denied claims that Kilmar Ábrego García was subjected to beatings and deprivation while he was held in the country before being returned to the US to face human-smuggling charges.Nayib Bukele said in a social media post that Ábrego García, the Salvadorian national who was wrongly extradited from the US to El Salvador in March before being returned in June, “wasn’t tortured, nor did he lose weight”. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago El Salvador’s president disputes claims Abrego Garcia was tortured in notorious prison

The Trump administration wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador in March

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15 h. ago El Salvador President Bukele denies beating and torture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in prison

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has cast aside allegations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten and subject to psychological torture in a Salvadoran prison

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23 h. ago Inside the torture camp where Donald Trump accidentally deported dad to be abused

On arrival, a prison officer told Kilmar Abrego Garcia: "Welcome to CECOT. Whoever enters here doesn't leave."

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38 h. ago Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was beaten and subjected to psychological torture in El Salvador jail

Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in the notorious El Salvador prison the Trump administration had deported him to in March, according to court documents filed Wednesday

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38 h. ago Kilmar Ábrego García was tortured in Salvadorian prison, court filing alleges

New court documents allege physical and psychological torture at Cecot in one of first looks at conditions in prisonKilmar Ábrego García, the Maryland man who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador and detained in one of that country’s most notorious prisons, was physically and psychologically tortured during the three months he spent in Salvadorian custody, according to new court documents filed Wednesday.While being held at the so-called Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) in El Salvador, Ábrego García and 20 other men “were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM”, according to the court papers filed by his lawyers in the federal district court in Maryland. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago New legal filing details graphic ‘torture and abuse’ of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador prison

The wrongfully deported Salvadoran father experienced ‘severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation, inadequate nutrition, and psychological torture’ inside notorious CECOT, lawsuit says

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3 d. ago Deported Maryland migrant thrown back in jail despite judge's efforts to free him

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's initial deportation became a flashpoint for the Trump administration's border security efforts after it was determined he was wrongly targeted and caught up in the raids.

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3 d. ago Judge again delays Abrego Garcia’s release from Tennessee jail over deportation concerns

A federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns that he could be deported if he’s released

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4 d. ago Star witness against Kilmar Abrego Garcia won't be deported, court records show

Court records show that the Trump administration has agreed to spare from deportation a key witness in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in exchange for his cooperation in the case

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7 d. ago Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia ask judge to keep him in jail over deportation concerns

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers have asked a federal judge in Tennessee to delay his release from jail because of “contradictory statements” by President Donald Trump's administration over whether he’ll be deported upon release

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7 d. ago Trump administration plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, again, after release from criminal custody

ICE plans to deport him to another country other than El Salvador, government lawyers say

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7 d. ago Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to send him to Maryland to prevent deportation

Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge in Maryland to order his return to that state when he is released from jail in Tennessee

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8 d. ago Judge keeps Kilmar Abrego Garcia in jail over concerns ICE will deport him immediately after release

Abrego Garcia’s attorneys expressed concern that his release would lead to immediate detention by ICE and deportation

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9 d. ago Kilmar Abrego Garcia is expected to be released from jail only to be taken into immigration custody

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is expected to be released from jail in Tennessee on Wednesday, only to be taken into immigration custody

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9 d. ago Trump lawyer turned top DOJ official said prosecutors should ignore court orders and tell judge ‘f*** you’: whistleblower

Attorney turns whistleblower after he was fired for admitting government mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia

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1 week ago What to know about Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release and risk of deportation

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the United States and facing human smuggling charges in Tennessee, but his future is far from certain

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1 week ago Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from jail before trial, but ICE plans to detain him

A Tennessee judge has ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from jail while he awaits a federal trial on human smuggling charges, but he is not expected to be allowed to go free

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2 w. ago Kilmar Ábrego García pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges

Wrongfully deported man expected to contest US prosecutors’ attempt to have him detained pending trialUS politics live – latest updatesKilmar Ábrego García, the man returned to the US last week after being wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador, pleaded not guilty on Friday to criminal charges of taking part in a conspiracy to smuggle migrants into the United States.The Maryland man, 29, entered the plea at a hearing before US magistrate judge Barbara Holmes in Nashville, Tennessee. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to smuggling charges as wife tells supporters to ‘have faith’

Wife of Salvadoran immigrant at center of Trump’s deportation agenda relays his message from federal court

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