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Maryland’s senator Chris Van Hollen, returned from his trip to El Salvador on Friday after Meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garciathe man who was deported due to an administrative error.

Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday, April 16 to verify the health and well -being of Abrego García, a month after being deported to a Savior Supermax prison known as CECOT.

“His conversation with me was the first communication he had with someone out of prison since he was kidnapped. He said he felt very sad to be in a prison because he had not committed any crime,” said Van Hollen.

However, said Abrego García has been transferred to another prison where he says that the conditions are better.

“He told me, and this was yesterday, eight days ago, so nine days ago as of today, he was transferred to another detention center in Santa Ana, where the conditions are better. But he said, despite the best conditions, he still does not have access to any news of the outside world and there is no capacity to communicate with anyone in the outside world,” said Van Hollen.

Abrego García was “traumatized” in Cecot, says Van Hollen

Van Hollen said he asked Abrego García how he was dealing with his circumstances.

“He said that thinking about you, members of your family, is what gave you history to persevere, follow the day to day, even in these horrible circumstances,” said Van Hollen.

During his conversation, Abrego García described his experience in Cecot.

Abrego García said that after being arrested by ICE officials, he was taken to a Baltimore detention center, where a phone call was denied. Then he was transferred again to another installation in Texas before being put on an plane to El Salvador.

“I don’t know if it were hours or days of period, he was handcuffed, chained and placed on an plane, along with others, where they could not see outside the windows. There was no way to see where they were on the plane, they did not know with certainty where they were going. They landed in El Salvador,” said Van Hollen.

After arriving at the prison, Abrego García was placed in a cell with another 25 prisoners.

“The government in this case, the Trump administration, is affirming the right to hide residents of this country in foreign prisons without an appearance of due process that is the basis of our constitutional order,” said Senator Van Hollen. “He was traumatized for being in Cecot and fearful of many of the prisoners in other cells of cells who called him and made fun of several ways, he told me.”

Van Hollen faced challenges trying to meet with Abrego Garcia

During his trip, they are initially facing challenges in trying to coordinate a meeting with Abrego García.

The first day of his trip, the senator met with Salvadoran vice president Félix Ulloa, who Denied Van Hollen’s request For a meeting or phone call with Abrego García.

“When I met with the vice president of El Salvador, I asked him not to be an accomplice of the rupture of the Trump administration law in the United States of America and that he would release Mr. Abrego García,” said Van Hollen during a press conference.

On Thursday morning, Van Hollen said it had been away from a military control point Near Cecot for soldiers who had been ordered not to let him continue.

However, on Thursday night, the senator confirmed He met with Abrego Garciasharing a photo of your meeting in what seemed to be a restaurant.

“I called his wife, Jennifer, to convey his love message,” said Van Hollen in a publication on social networks.

The president of El Salvador Nayib Bukele also shared photos of the meeting, saying that Abrego García, “receives the honor of staying in the custody of El Salvador.”

The trip has not arrived without a violent reaction of the Republicans.

With White House members calling Van Hollen’s trip “disgusting,” And President Trump standing for the decision to deport Abrego García, despite the orders of the Supreme Court to facilitate his return.

“This man is a, according to the certified statements we get, he is a very violent person, and they want this man to be taken back to our country where he can be free. Maryland’s man calls him, he is a father of Maryland. No, he is a violent person,” said President Trump.

Abrego Garcia’s Deportation

Abrego García is a native of El Salvador who illegally entered the United States in 2011.

He was arrested by immigration and customs agents (ICE) of the United States in March when he left his job in Baltimore.

He and another 200 migrants were transported to Cecot in El Salvador by plane to the Trump administration direction.

His deportation caused a legal battle since he was under a protection order granted by an immigration judge in 2019. The order of “elimination retention” should have prevented him from being deported to El Salvador.

ICE officials admitted in a presentation of the court that the deportation of Abrego García occurred due to an administrative error, although they did not move to correct the error.

Legal procedures are still being developed in a federal court after the Trump administration ordered a federal judge and then by the Supreme Court. Facilitate the return of Abrego García to the US.

Abrego García has no criminal record.

The alleged MS-13 draws of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

The Trump administration continues to state that Abrego García is a member of the MS-13 transnational gang. Abrego García’s lawyer and family have denied accusations.

“They are trying to make this case about MS-13, when, in fact, the judge in the case has said that they have not provided substantial or significant evidence to support their claim,” said Van Hollen on Thursday.

The accusations of Abrego García’s connection with MS-13 come from his arrest in 2019. Judicial documents show that Abrego García was arrested outside a home with three other men, at least two of whom had alleged gang ties.

According to his lawyer, Abrego García requested work outside the store when the police appeared and began to question men about gang affiliations.

According to him Judicial documents shared by Attorney General Pam Bondia detective recognized one of the group’s men as a member of the MS-13 gang with criminal record.

The detectives indicated in their report that a second man had tattoos that were “indicative of the culture of Hispanic gangs.”

After interviewing Abrego García, the Police said he was wearing a Chicago Bulls hat and sweatshirt with sweatshirt with symbols that they said they were also indicative of the culture of the gangs. A source that the police had previously used also reported that Abrego García was an active member of MS-13, according to judicial documents.

He was subsequently arrested and then appeared before the Court, where an immigration judge of the United States granted him the order of “elimination retention” and a work permit.