US won’t say whether it’s facilitating return of mistakenly deported man, despite judge’s order

The Trump administration confirmed to a federal judge on Saturday that Maryland’s man, who was mistakenly deported last month, was still confined to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

However, the government profile did not address the judge’s demands that the administration separates the steps it was taking to the restoration of Kilmar Abu Garcia to the United States. The government only said that Abo Garcia, 29, is subject to the authority of the Salvador government.

Abrego Garcia has been confirmed to the court by Michael J. Kozak, who knew himself in the file of “a senior official in the office” at the Western Foreign Football Half Office.

This deposit comes one day after the struggle of an American government lawyer in a hearing to provide the American boycott judge, Paula Xinis, with any information about the place of Abigo Garcia. On Thursday, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration should return it.

Xinis issued an order on Friday asking the administration to disclose the “current financial location and the state of custody” by Abo Garcia and “What are the steps, if any, which the defendants (f) will take, and when, to facilitate” his return.

“My understanding is based on official reports from our embassy in San Salvador, that Alago Garcia is currently being held at the Center for Terrorism in El Salvador.” “He is alive and believed in this facility. He is detained according to the sovereign Salvador.”

Cosak’s statement did not address the recent requirements of the judge.

Shinis was angry on Friday with the lack of information in the government.

“Where is he and under his authority?” The judge asked during the session. “I am not asking the secrets of the state. All I know is that it is not here. The government was banned from sending it to El Salvador, and now I ask a very simple question: Where is it?”

The judge has repeatedly asked a government lawyer about what was done to re -Parisia, he clearly asks: “Did they do anything?”

Druo River, Deputy Prosecutor’s Deputy Prosecutor, told Hennis that he had no personal knowledge of any procedures or plans to restore Abyerigo Garcia. But he told the judge that the government “is actively considering what can be done” and said that the case of Abu Garcia involves three agencies in the cabinet and great coordination.

Before the session ended, Xinis ordered the United States to provide daily status updates on plans to return Abrego Garcia.

The Ministry of Justice immediately did not respond on Saturday evening to the Associated Press request for comment.

Abyerigo Garcia lived in the United States about 14 years ago, where he worked during construction, married and was raising three children with disabilities, according to court records.

If he returns, he will face the allegations that prompted his expulsion: accusing 2019 of the local police in the state of Maryland that he was a member of the MS-13 gang.

His lawyers said that Abro Garcia denied this claim and was not charged with a crime high. After that, the United States immigration judge protected him from deportation to El Salvador because he is likely to face persecution there by the local gangs that wanted his family.

The Trump administration deported him there last month anyway, describing the error later as an “administrative error” but he insists that he was in MS-13.

This story was originally shown on Fortune.com

2025-04-12 22:41:00