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U.S. Releases Documents Linking Wrongfully Deported Maryland Resident to MS-13

The Trump administration cites 2019 gang validation records to justify Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation under the Alien Enemies Act, as legal and diplomatic disputes over his return escalate.

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Overview

  • Newly released documents from the Department of Homeland Security detail evidence from 2019 linking Kilmar Abrego Garcia to MS-13, including confidential informant testimony and gang-affiliated clothing.
  • Abrego Garcia, who entered the U.S. illegally in 2012, was arrested in Maryland in 2019 during a meeting with known MS-13 members and denied bond due to being deemed a community danger.
  • Despite a 2019 ruling granting him withholding of removal due to credible fears of persecution in El Salvador, he was deported in March 2025 under the rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act.
  • El Salvador has refused to repatriate Abrego Garcia, who is currently detained in the overcrowded and controversial CECOT prison, drawing international human rights concerns.
  • Federal courts, including the Supreme Court, have not mandated his return, leaving the case in legal limbo as critics question the sufficiency of evidence supporting his gang affiliation.