Overview
- Court filings detail that upon arrival at Cecot, Abrego García was beaten with wooden batons, forced to kneel for nine hours and subjected to psychological torture.
- He lost 14 kilograms in two weeks and was confined in overcrowded, windowless cells with constant lighting and limited access to sanitation.
- Repatriated in June despite a 2019 protection order barring his removal, he has pleaded not guilty to human-smuggling charges dating from 2022 and remains detained in Tennessee.
- U.S. authorities have signaled he could face renewed expedited removal after any sentence is served.
- His case has intensified scrutiny of the Trump administration’s $6 million agreement with El Salvador and raised questions about due-process safeguards in mass expulsion programs.