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Trump’s deportation ‘mistake’: the man trapped in a prison in El Salvador

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Kilmar Ábrego García was deported, detained and flown to a notorious prison – before officials admitted they had made an error. Why is he still there? Maanvi Singh reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

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0:07.2

Today, he was deported to a mega jail in El Salvador

0:11.2

on what Trump's government is calling an administrative error.

0:16.2

So why hasn't Kilmara Brago-Garcia been brought back to the US?

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1:07.4

On March 12th of this year, after completing his shift at work, in Baltimore, Abrago Garcia picked up his five-year-old son from his grandma's home. He had his son in the back seat

1:13.0

when he was pulled over by ice and an ICE officer told him that his status had changed,

1:21.1

meaning his immigration status had changed. And so within minutes, Garcia was handcuffed, he was detained.

1:29.6

His wife was called and instructed to appear within 10 minutes to get their son.

1:35.3

And she was told that his son would be handed over to child protective services if she didn't appear.

1:45.2

And then Abrao Garcia was whisked away.

1:49.1

No explanation was provided as to why he was being detained exactly or what was happening.

1:56.5

Within three days, he was on a plane being deported to El Salvador.

2:05.4

Music Within three days, he was on a plane being deported to El Salvador. It's been a month since Kilmar-Abrego-Garcia was deported from the US

2:10.4

and flown straight to an infamous prison in his home country.

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