Alleged MS-13 gangbanger Kilmar Abrego Garcia was seen “sipping margaritas” with Sen. Chris Van Hollen Thursday amid his high-profile deportation battle, in accordance with photographs shared by El Salvador President Nayib Bukele.
Bukele shared three pics of the Democratic Maryland lawmaker assembly with Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported to El Salvador’s infamous megaprison final month, whereas lounging within the nation’s “tropical paradise.”
“Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the ‘loss of life camps’ & ‘torture’, now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen within the tropical paradise of El Salvador,” Bukele stated in an X submit Thursday evening.
Van Hollen (D-MD) traveled to the Central American nation this week to push for the discharge of the unlawful migrant and purported MS-13 member.
Van Hollen additionally took to social media to share a photograph of him assembly with Abrego Garcia, who was carrying a colourful checkered collard shirt, denims, sneakers and a Kansas Metropolis Tremendous Bowl hat .
“I stated my foremost objective of this journey was to fulfill with Kilmar,” Van Hollen posted to X.
“Tonight I had that probability. I’ve referred to as his spouse, Jennifer, to move alongside his message of affection. I stay up for offering a full replace upon my return.”
Abrego Garcia — who had been residing in Maryland — was shipped off with 260 different reputed gang members to El Salvador’s hellhole lockup CECOT final month beneath the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act.
The feds have claimed he’s a part of the infamous MS-13 gang with a rank and road title and that he was illegally within the nation — regardless of by no means being charged with against the law and repeatedly denying the gang accusations.
A number of court docket orders — together with one from the US Supreme Court docket — have referred to as on the federal authorities to return the Salvadoran migrant.
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