Kilmar Abrago Garcia meets with a member of the Senate in Maryland State in El Salvador, after weeks of wrong deportation

Senator Chris Van Holin in Maryland says he met with Kilmar Abrago Garcia, who immigration officials have been accidentally deported, in El Salvador on Thursday, as confirmed by Van Hollen spokesman CBS News.

Democratic Senator shared a photo with Abrego Garcia in what appears to be a restaurant.

Senator Van Holin said: “I said that my main goal on this trip is to meet Kilmar,” said Senator Van Holin. “I had this opportunity tonight. I called his wife, Jennifer, to pass his love message. I look forward to making a full update upon my return.”

I said that my main goal of this trip is a Kilmar interview. Tonight had this opportunity. I called his wife, Jennifer, to pass his love message. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return. pic.twitter.com/u9y2gzpxcb

– Chrisvanhollen April 18, 2025

El Salvadori Naib President also Publish photos From the meeting, but he suggested that Abyerigo Garcia remain sought by his government, which the United States is paying for the two deportees: “Now that he has been confirmed in good health, he gets the honor of staying in the Sultadador reservation.”

“Her prayers were answered,” Jennifer Vaskuiz, the wife of Abo Garcia, said in a statement after her meeting.

“We still have a lot of questions, hopes and fears. I will continue to pray and fight in order to go home,” Vasquiz wrote.

White House’s Deputy Secretary of the House described Kush Desi’s visit to Van Holin as “truly disgusting”, and wrote “Chris Van Holin, who firmly established the Democrats as the party whose priority is an illegal foreign terrorist welfare.” Abro Garcia’s lawyers strongly denied any links with MS-13.

The sudden meeting with Van Holin extends to the first well -known appearance of Parisia Garcia since last month, when it drew his deportation to the Al Salvador terrorism center with national attention and a legal confrontation with the Trump administration.

Management I confess In court papers, Abyerigo Garcia was sent to El Salvador – along with Hundreds of others Salvadori and Venezuelan immigrants – because of a “administrative error”. The American boycott judge, Paula Xinis, ordered the government to “facilitate” the return of Abu Garcia to the United States, and the Supreme Court This arrangement reservesBut he remained in El Salvador since then, with Shinis notes that the government has not complied with it and Request for regular updates On his position.

The Trump administration has pushed back, on the pretext that it is up to El Salvador to determine whether he will return to Austro Garcia – argument The “shock” court is called on Thursday. The government also claimed that Abigo Garcia was linked to the Silvadori MS-13 gang, citing a secret laboratory, although his lawyer denied this claim and noted that Aberigo Garcia had not been charged or convicted of any crimes.

Abo Garcia, 29, was born in El Salvador, but he illegally entered the United States in 2011 at the age of 16. He was arrested outside the Maryland House warehouse in 2019, but a judge The government was prevented from deporting it To El Salvador, a warning that he may be persecuted by gangs in his country. Years later, in March of this year, he was detained by immigration agents in Maryland and was sent to Al Salvadori detention center, known as Cecot.

The ABREGO GARCIA case is located in a controversial batch center by the Trump administration to send dozens of migrants-including members accused in MS-13 and Venezuelan Tren de Aragua-to Cecot using the Law of Foreign Enemies 1798, which is what is what The president is allowed To deport citizens from the enemy nation during “invasion or predatory incursion”. The maneuver was stabbed in the court, with the opponents of the conditions in Cecot and Argument The government deprives migrants of the right to legal procedures. “60 minutes” The report was found Most of the 238 Veneers who sent to Cecot on many aircraft last month have no clear criminal record. But the Trump administration has defended its use of the law, on the pretext that it abandons the gang violence.

Van Holin meeting with Abyerigo Garcia It came after the Senator was removed on Thursday at a military checkpoint Near Cecot. He said he was about three kilometers from a bad reputation Supermax Prison, When the soldiers, who said he ordered his prevention from going to prison.

He left Van Hollen to El Salvador on Wednesday, intends to check Welfare of Abu Garcia. He made updates on his journey.

“My year’s goal here is to send a sign that we will not stop fighting for his return until he was already released,” said Van Holin before his journey.