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Edward Helmore

El Salvador’s president denies that Kilmar Ábrego García was abused in notorious prison

The secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, visits Cecot on 26 March 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador.
The secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, visits Cecot on 26 March 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Photograph: Getty Images

The president of El Salvador has denied claims that Kilmar Ábrego García was subjected to beatings and deprivation while he was held in the country before being returned to the US to face human-smuggling charges.

Nayib Bukele said in a social media post that Ábrego García, the Salvadorian national who was wrongly extradited from the US to El Salvador in March before being returned in June, “wasn’t tortured, nor did he lose weight”.

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