El Salvador’s leader will not return man deported from the US in error
El Salvador will not return Kilmar Ábrego García, a Salvadoran national who the US government mistakenly deported to his home country where he is being held in a notorious mega-prison.
President Nayib Bukele made the comments during a meeting on Monday at the White House with Donald Trump, with whom he shares a strong relationship.
The US Supreme Court ruled last week that the Trump administration must “facilitate” the return of Mr Ábrego García, who lives in Maryland with his family and was granted protection from deportation by a court in 2019.
The Trump administration argues it cannot bring him home, and Attorney General Pam Bondi said during the meeting that it’s “up to El Salvador if they want to return him”.
Trump praised Bukele for a new partnership under which the US can deport people it alleges are gang members to the Central American nation. Mr Garcia, whose lawyer said he is not a gang member, was among 238 Venezuelans and 23 Salvadorans the Trump administration deported to El Salvador’s Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (Cecot).
Source: BBC | Language: English