64 h. ago Tropical drinks by pool? Not so fast, says senator who visited Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

There was the pool furniture in the background. There were the tropical drinks, which looked to be margaritas garnished with cherries. And then there were the deported prisoner and the American senator, sitting and chatting. That senator, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, accused El Salvador’s government on Friday of aiming to paint the picture of […]

Other

66 h. ago Abrego Garcia told visiting senator he’s no longer being held at notorious prison

WASHINGTON (AP) — Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is recounting the chronology of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s travel to El Salvador, saying he told him he was initially taken to Baltimore, then Texas, then put on a plane with “no idea where he was going.” Upon arriving, Abrego Garcia said he was “traumatized” by being at […]

Events

4 d. ago U.S. senator keeps word, goes to El Salvador to check on wrongly deported man

Sen. Chris Van Hollen told reporters he intends to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's well-being, report on his condition and speak with El Salvador government officials.

Other

5 d. ago U.S. judge to question Trump officials’ refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia

A federal judge in Maryland is expected to question the Trump administration Tuesday about its continued refusal to retrieve Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison, even after the Supreme Court ordered his return to the U.S. The 4 p.m. hearing in a U.S. District Court comes a day after White House advisers repeated […]

Other

5 d. ago U.S. senator to travel to El Salvador if Trump won’t return wrongfully deported man

In 2019, a U.S. immigration judge shielded Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from deportation to El Salvador as he would likely have faced persecution by local gangs.

Other

6 d. ago El Salvador president says he won’t be releasing man wrongly deported by US

The meeting came as El Salvador has been a critical linchpin of the Trump administration’s mass deportation operation sweeping the country.

Other

6 d. ago El Salvador President Bukele says he won’t be releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the U.S.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ‘s top advisers and Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, said Monday that they had no basis for the small Central American nation to return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported there last month. Trump administration officials emphasized that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was sent to a notorious […]

Other