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Pedro Camacho

State Department Finally Shares Status of Man Erroneously Deported to El Salvador, Shows No Willingness to Return Him to U.S.

Member of Congressional Hispanic Caucus holds picture of Abrego García (Credit: Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The U.S. State Department has confirmed that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, is alive and currently being held at the CECOT mega-prison, a maximum-security facility operated by the Salvadoran government.

However, officials have not outlined any steps to secure his return to the United States despite a Supreme Court order directing the federal government to "facilitate" his return.

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