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Topics: Donald Trump, El Salvador, US News, Crime
Callum Jones
Topics: Donald Trump, El Salvador, US News, Crime
Donald Trump has issued an explosive statement about the father who was deported to a notorious El Salvador prison as a result of an 'admin error'.
Over 250 alleged criminals have been deported to the Center for Terrorism Confinement (CECOT) in El Salvador, as Trump press ahead with his plane to enact mass deportations using a law last invoked during World War II.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, from Maryland, is one of the individual's to have been sent to the prison - though the Trump administration has previously admitted this was an 'administrative error'.
While Garcia did enter the country illegally sometime around 2011, a judge had previously decided in 2019 that he should not be deported because he was being threatened by a gang in his native country.
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Nonetheless, Garcia was detained on March 12 this year, with the Trump administration claiming he was arrested 'in the company of other ranking gang members'.
A 'reliable source' also stated Garcia was confirmed to be a member of MS-13, according to the White House.
CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, has campaigned for Garcia's return to the US, claiming he has never been found guilty of any crime in both the US and El Salvador.
Amid all the noise, Trump has take to his Truth Social account to issue a scathing statement about Garcia's potential return to America.
The 47th POTUS wrote: "Radical Lunatic Democrats and their Comrades in the Fake News Media are falsely making Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia out to be a very sweet and innocent person, which is a total, blatant, and dangerous LIE.
"Garcia has been found by two separate Courts to be a member of the violent, killer gang MS-13, was in our Country illegally, and is under a Deportation Order.
Trump continued: "It is despicable and unAmerican for Liberals and the Mainstream Media to hate our Country so much, and be obsessed with protecting criminals, instead of working to keep our Border, streets, and families safe.
"Those lying to the American People on behalf of violent criminals have to be held responsible by the Agencies and the Courts. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
A Supreme Court previously ruled that Trump's administration must 'facilitate' Garcia's return after his accidental deportation was revealed, which has led to meetings taking place between Trump and El Salvador president Nayib Bukele.
But during a meeting in the Oval Office, Bukele made clear it would be up to his government to return Garcia - something which he seemingly refused to consider.
"I hope you’re not suggesting that I smuggle a terrorist into the United States. How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I’m not going to do it. The question is preposterous," the El Salvador leader said to press in the meeting.
"We just turned the murder capital of the world to the safest country the western hemisphere. And you want us to go back into the releasing criminals, so we can go back to the murder capital of the world, and that's not going to happen."