Kilmar Ábrego García alleges torture and abuse in El Salvador prison

A Maryland antheral who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador and detained successful 1 of that country's astir notorious prisons was subjected to "severe beatings" and "torture", caller tribunal documents allege.

Lawyers for Kilmar Ábrego García, 29, alleged that assaults from guards near him with disposable injuries wrong a time of his accomplishment astatine the CECOT prison.

The Trump medication had antecedently alleged Mr Ábrego García was a subordinate of the Salvadorian gang, MS-13, which his lawyers and household person powerfully denied.

While officials initially said Mr Ábrego García could ne'er instrumentality to the US, successful June helium was extradited to Tennessee to look quality trafficking charges - to which helium has pleaded not guilty.

According to caller tribunal documents filed connected Wednesday arsenic portion of a suit his woman brought against the Trump administration, Mr Ábrego García and 20 different detainees were repeatedly beaten erstwhile they arrived astatine El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Centre, oregon Cecot.

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Once there, according to the documents, Mr Ábrego García and 20 different deported inmates "were confined to metallic bunks with nary mattresses successful an overcrowded compartment with nary windows, agleam lights that remained connected 24 hours a day, and minimal entree to sanitation".

Mr Ábrego García has besides alleged that helium and the different prisoners were "forced to kneel" from 9 PM to 6 AM, "with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion".

At 1 point, guards allegedly threatened to confine him with pack members who would "tear" him apart.

His mistreatment led to him losing 30lbs (14kg) wrong the archetypal 2 weeks of his incarceration successful El Salvador, according to the complaint.

The Trump medication has asked the national justice successful Maryland overseeing the lawsuit to disregard the lawsuit, arguing that it was overtaken by events aft Mr Ábrego García was returned to the US. The suit was filed by Mr Ábrego García's woman aft his deportation.

Mr Ábrego García archetypal entered the US illegally successful 2011 and was granted extortion from deportation by an migration justice successful 2019 due to the fact that it was determined helium mightiness look information from gangs if returned to his autochthonal El Salvador.

But successful March 2025 the Maryland nonmigratory was deported and initially held successful El Salvador's Cecot mega-prison, successful what Trump medication officials aboriginal admitted was a mistake. A justice ordered the authorities to "facilitate" his return, but White House officials initially refused to bring him back.

Following his instrumentality to look charges successful June, Attorney General Pam Bondi said that "this is what American justness looks like".

He has denied immoderate wrongdoing, and his attorneys person called the trafficking charges "preposterous".

In precocious June, a national justice successful Tennessee ruled that Mr Ábrego García is eligible for release, but helium has remained successful jailhouse implicit fears from his ain ineligible squad that helium could beryllium swiftly deported again if helium leaves the facility.