Mistakenly deported Abrego Garcia details beatings and psychological torture in Salvadoran prison

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man from Maryland, has recounted his harrowing experience of physical and psychological abuse in a Salvadoran prison after being mistakenly deported by the Trump administration on March 15. Garcia was sent to the maximum security CECOT facility, where he suffered severe beatings, sleep deprivation, and threats, including being told that he would be placed in cells with gang members. he described the harsh and overcrowded conditions, including confinement to metal bunks without mattresses and constant bright lights. Following his deportation, Garcia lost more than 30 pounds in just two weeks. His ordeal came to light after a lawsuit was filed by his wife against the Trump administration for the wrongful deportation.

After returning to the U.S. last month, Garcia now faces charges of human smuggling in Tennessee, which his attorneys have labeled as an unjust attempt to rationalize his deportation. A judge has ruled that Garcia is eligible for release under specific conditions, though he remains in custody due to concerns about potential deportation once again. The Department of Justice plans to try him for the smuggling charges before considering his deportation to a third country, although the timeline for this action remains unclear.


Mistakenly deported Abrego Garcia details beatings and psychological torture in Salvadoran prison

Mistakenly deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he suffered physical and psychological abuse in the Salvadoran prison where he was detained.

The Trump administration deported Abrego Garcia to El Salvador on March 15, and he was held in the country’s maximum security CECOT facility, with the administration describing his deportation as an “administrative error.”

Abrego Garcia said he endured severe beatings, sleep deprivation, and psychological torture during his time at the prison, saying he was kicked and hit so often right after arrival that by the following day, he had visible bruises and lumps all over his body.

In new court documents, Abrego Garcia said detainees at CECOT “were confined to metal bunks with no mattresses in an overcrowded cell with no windows, bright lights that remained on 24 hours a day, and minimal access to sanitation.” He also detailed that prison officials told him they would transfer him to cells with gang members who would “tear” him apart. He added that he often saw and heard people being hurt throughout the night.

Abrego Garcia said he lost more than 30 pounds in his first two weeks there. The details of his incarceration were revealed after his wife’s lawsuit against the Trump administration for deporting him.

The Trump administration has asked for the lawsuit to be dismissed now that Abrego Garcia has been returned to the United States, with the administration bringing him back last month to face charges of human smuggling in Tennessee. Attorney General Pam Bondi said of the charges that this “is what American justice looks like.”

His attorneys have called the charges “preposterous” and an attempt to justify his accidental expulsion from the country. A judge in Tennessee ruled that he is eligible for release under certain conditions but hasn’t been at the request of his attorneys, who believe that he would be deported again.

JUDGE SAYS ABREGO GARCIA WILL REMAIN JAILED, CITING DEPORTATION CONCERNS

Department of Justice spokesman Chad Gilmartin told the Associated Press last month that the department intends to try Abrego Garcia on the smuggling charges before it moves to deport him again.

DOJ attorney Jonathan Guynn told a Maryland judge that they plan to deport Abrego Garcia to a “third country” that isn’t El Salvador. It’s unclear when that would be.



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