Kilmar Abrego Garcia back in court
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President Nayib Bukele, in a post on the social media platform X, wrote that Kilmar Abrego Garcia "wasn't tortured, nor did he lose weight," during his stint at a notorious El Salvador prison.
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The New Republic on MSNKilmar Abrego Garcia Reveals He Was Tortured in El Salvador MegaprisonU.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan ordered 36-year-old Edward Kelley to spend the rest of his life behind bars, after Kelley was convicted on the charges of conspiracy to murder federal employees, solicitation to commit a crime of violence, and influencing a federal official by threat.
According to court documents, Abrego Garcia suffered sleep deprivation, beatings, inadequate nutrition and psychological torment during his stint at the notoriously brutal prison.
His mistaken deportation became a flashpoint in tensions over the Trump Administration’s hardline immigration policy.
Abrego Garcia's lawyers filed court documents on Wednesday, alleging he suffered severe beatings and psychological torture while in an El Salvador prison.
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has cast aside allegations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten and subject to psychological torture in a Salvadoran prison
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongfully deported in March, alleged in court documents filed Wednesday that he was tortured in an El Salvador prison.