{"id":2425230,"date":"2025-04-18T19:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T23:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-highlights-photo-of-abrego-garcias-knuckles-with-apparent-ms-13-tattoos\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T19:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T23:57:01","slug":"trump-highlights-photo-of-abrego-garcias-knuckles-with-apparent-ms-13-tattoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-highlights-photo-of-abrego-garcias-knuckles-with-apparent-ms-13-tattoos\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump highlights photo of Abrego Garcia\u2019s knuckles with apparent MS-13 tattoos"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-highlights-photo-of-abrego-garcias-knuckles-with-apparent-ms-13-tattoos%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2425230&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent post, President donald Trump emphasized the significance of tattoos on kilmar Abrego garcia&#8217;s knuckles, asserting they indicate his membership in the MS-13 gang, which the U.S. has designated as a terrorist organization. Trump shared a photo of Abrego Garcia&#8217;s hand displaying purportedly MS-13 tattoos, criticizing Democrats for advocating his return to the United States despite the evidence. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national and illegal immigrant, was deported to El Salvador by the Trump governance, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-state-department-is-putting-brazilian-trans-activists-in-english-classes\/\" title=\"Brazilian trans activists are receiving English classes from Biden&#039;s State Department.\">sparked controversy due<\/a> to concerns over his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-our-vote-matters-is-suing-facebook-dominion-mark-zuckerberg-certain-state-officials-others-for-infringing-upon-right-to-vote-assemble-and-speak-freely-you-can-jo\/\" title=\"Group \u201cOur Vote Matters\u201d Is Suing Facebook, Dominion, Mark Zuckerberg, Certain State Officials, Others for Infringing Upon Right to Vote, Assemble and Speak Freely \u2013 You Can Join Too\">due process rights<\/a>. While Trump cited two judges affirming the evidence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dcccs-new-senior-adviser-remains-on-parole-in-new-york\/\" title=\"DCCC\u2019s New Senior Adviser Remains on Parole in New York\">gang affiliation<\/a>, Democrats contest these claims, arguing the evidence is insufficient. Salvadoran officials also highlighted the role of tattoos in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">identifying gang members<\/a>, supporting Trump&#8217;s claims. The ongoing debate reflects deep divisions over immigration policy and gang violence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump highlights photo of Abrego Garcia&rsquo;s knuckles with apparent MS-13 tattoos<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2099925\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> argued&nbsp;Kilmar Abrego Garcia&rsquo;s tattoos prove he is a MS-13 gang member who should not be allowed back into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday evening, Trump highlighted a photo of Abrego Garcia&rsquo;s hand that appeared to contain &ldquo;MS-13&rdquo; tattooed on his knuckles. MS-13 is a Salvadoran-native gang that the U.S. has designated a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3384995\/judge-refuses-ap-request-restore-access-white-house\/\">Judge refuses newest AP request to restore access to White House<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3385020\/trump-easier-fire-thousands-career-government-employees-at-will-classify\/\">Trump takes step making it easier to fire thousands of career government employees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3384947\/white-house-covid-lab-leak-origin-virus-website-revamp\/\">White House declares lab leak as &#8216;true origin&#8217; of COVID-19 in website revamp<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;This is the hand of the man that the Democrats feel should be brought back to the United States, because he is such &lsquo;a fine and innocent person.&rsquo; They said he is not a member of MS-13, even though he&rsquo;s got MS-13 tattooed onto his knuckles, and two Highly Respected Courts found that he was a member of MS-13, beat up his wife, etc,&rdquo; the president wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114361211919694573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post<\/a> to Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>The photo Trump showed included labels claiming to identify what the tattoos, each on one knuckle, represented. &ldquo;M&rdquo; was supposedly represented by a<em> <\/em>marijuana leaf, &ldquo;S&rdquo; was represented by a smiley face, &ldquo;1&rdquo; was represented by a cross, and &ldquo;3&rdquo; was a skull, according to the legend, with the latter two images possibly being to cover up the two numbers.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114361211919694573\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p><em>Post Millennial<\/em> journalist Andy Ngo also highlighted on Friday a picture from Abrego Garcia&rsquo;s wife, where the tattoo appeared to be blocked in the image.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kilmar Abrego Garcia&rsquo;s wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, has strategically censored her partner&rsquo;s left hand in the photo she uploaded on her TikTok to promote her GoFundMe,&rdquo; Ngo <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1913308687143485823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrote<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kilmar Abrego Garcia&rsquo;s wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, has strategically censored her partner&rsquo;s left hand in the photo she uploaded on her TikTok to promote her GoFundMe. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nayibbukele?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nayibbukele<\/a>, can you release the full resolution photos from the photoshoot meeting he had with&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6KP3GsjMIV\">pic.twitter.com\/6KP3GsjMIV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1913308687143485823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national, is an illegal immigrant who lived in the U.S. for years before being deported by the Trump administration to a Salvadoran prison in March. The deportation sparked uproar from the Left over fears that Abrego Garcia&rsquo;s rights to due process have been violated due to a 2019 court order that ruled he could not be deported to El Salvador because he could face &ldquo;persecution&rdquo; from disgruntled MS-13 gang members.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats say there is scant evidence Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 gang member. The Trump administration has pointed to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/in-their-words-what-judges-and-trumps-government-say-about-abrego-garcias-mistaken-deportation\/601331917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> two judges<\/a> in 2019 who affirmed that there was credible evidence he belonged to the notorious Salvadoran gang.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Salvadoran Security and Justice Minister Gustavo Villatoro has said that tattoos are a key piece of evidence officials use to identify gang members.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We learn how to understand, how to give interpretation to each tattoo,&rdquo; he said during a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/14\/americas\/el-salvador-cecot-gang-tattoo-intel\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">interview<\/a> with CNN. &ldquo;We know the importance for them to identify their members by the tattoos. If you are not a member, you are not able to use any tattoo.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The director of CECOT supermax prison, where Abrego Garcia was held for a period, told the outlet that tattoos had been a key way to identify suspects.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3385223\/chris-van-hollen-nayib-bukele-huge-mistake-not-releasing-kilmar-abrego-garcia-el-salvador\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">VAN HOLLEN SAYS BUKELE MAKING &lsquo;HUGE MISTAKE&rsquo; BY NOT RELEASING ABREGO GARCIA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the past, they had to kill someone, kidnap someone, extort someone to be brought to trial. Now, having tattoos for these organizations is a crime,&rdquo; director of the prison Belarmino Garc&iacute;a explained.<\/p>\n<p>Abrego Garcia was first apprehended by authorities in 2019 in a Home Depot parking lot while he engaged with known MS-13 gang members. An informant had identified Abrego Garcia as an active MS-13 gang member, a claim that was disputed by Abrego Garcia. 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