Man wrongly deported to El Salvador 'traumatised' by mega-prison

A man wrongly deported to El Salvador was "traumatised" by his time at a notorious mega-prison, a US senator has said, as the Supreme Court blocks new deportations of Venezuelan migrants.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia told Democrat senator Chris Van Hollen he had now been moved to a detention centre with better conditions in a meeting that went ahead after the senator's initial requests to speak to him were denied.

Mr Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland, was deported last month and is being detained in the Central American country despite the US Supreme Court calling on the White House to facilitate his return home.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/democrat-senator-chris-van-hollen-who-met-wrongly-deported-man-kilmar-abrego-garcia-says-photos-of-pair-with-margaritas-are-staged-13351466

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Post from Sky News on April 19, 2025

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