Chris Van Hollen condemns ā€˜unjust situationā€™ and says vice-president blocked access to wrongly deported man***

Marylandā€™s Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen says the government of El Salvador has denied his request to visit Kilmar Ɓbrego GarcĆ­a, his constituent who was wrongly deported to the Central American country last month.

Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday with the intention of meeting Ɓbrego GarcĆ­a at the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot), where US authorities have said that the Maryland resident is being held along with others deported at Donald Trumpā€™s orders.

The senatorā€™s visit came days after Trump and El Salvadorā€™s president, Nayib Bukele, refused to take steps to return Ɓbrego GarcĆ­a to the United States, even though the US supreme court last week said the administration must ā€œfacilitateā€ his return.

  • Geetnerd@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    No one is certain, but yeah, heā€™s most likely dead. They threw him in with gang members that he immigrated to the US to escape. And naturally, US media blasted that fact 24/7. He probably died in the first few days.