Trump officials contacted El Salvador president about Kilmar Ábrego García, sources say

<p>Administration in touch with Nayib Bukele over detention of wrongly deported man, according to two people</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a> has been in touch directly with the Salvadorian president Nayib Bukele in recent days about the detention of Kilmar Ábrego García, the man wrongly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador, according to two people familiar with the matter.</p><p>The nature of the discussion and its purpose was not clear because multiple Trump officials have said the administration was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/trump-immigration-court-orders">not interested in his coming back</a> to the US despite the US supreme court ordering it to “facilitate” Ábrego García’s release.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/30/trump-kilmar-abrego-garcia-nayib-bukele">Continue reading...</a>