El Salvador President Bukele says it’s ‘preposterous’ to think he would return wrongly deported Maryland man, claiming ‘I don’t have the power’

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Trump administration officials emphasized that Abrego Garcia, who was sent to a notorious gang prison in El Salvador, was a citizen of that country and that the U.S.has no say in his future.

The refusal of both countries to allow the return of Abrego Garcia, who had an immigration court order preventing his deportation over fears of gang persecution, is intensifying the battle over the Maryland resident's future.

Since March, El Salvador has accepted from the U.S. more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants — whom Trump administration officials have accused of gang activity and violent crimes — and placed them inside the country's maximum-security gang prison just outside of the capital, San Salvador.

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Author / Journalist: Seung Min Kim, Marcos Alemán, The Associated Press

Category: EconomyBusiness

Markets: United StatesEl SalvadorVenezuela

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Published On: 2025-04-15 @ 09:30:08 (1 days ago)

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