During his visit to the White House on Monday, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele told reporters that he has no intention nor the authority to return the Maryland man wrongfully deported by U.S. authorities to his country last month.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was deported in March despite a 2019 court order barring his removal to El Salvador. He had lived in Maryland under a valid work permit and, according to his lawyers, fled from El Salvador due to political violence in 2011. The administration has alleged that Abrego Garcia is affiliated with MS-13, a claim his legal team and his wife have strongly denied.
