Alleged MS-13 gangbanger Kilmar Abrego Garcia was seen “sipping margaritas” with Sen. Chris Van Hollen Thursday amid his high-profile deportation battle, in line with pictures 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 ‘death camps’ & ‘torture’, now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of El Salvador,” Bukele stated in an X publish Thursday night time.
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 said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar,” Van Hollen posted to X.
“Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.”
Abrego Garcia — who had been dwelling in Maryland — was shipped off with 260 different reputed gang members to El Salvador’s hellhole lockup CECOT final month below the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act.
The feds have claimed he’s a part of the infamous MS-13 gang with a rank and avenue identify and that he was illegally within the nation — regardless of by no means being charged with a criminal offense and repeatedly denying the gang accusations.
A number of courtroom 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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