World Aug 02 Former Venezuelan detainees speak out about abuse in El Salvador’s mega-prison By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn
World Jul 23 New wave of political exiles say El Salvador’s history is repeating itself Fear has long simmered among critics of President Nayib Bukele’s concentration of power in El Salvador. Now, a new wave of government repression has driven more than 100 human rights advocates, journalists, lawyers, academics and environmentalists to flee the country. By Megan Janetsky, Associated Press
Nation Jul 23 ‘It is hell’: Migrants returning to Venezuela describe life in El Salvador prison where U.S. sent them Venezuelan migrants imprisoned for months in El Salvador under a U.S. immigration crackdown have reunited with their families. By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press
Nation Jul 21 Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers ask judge to delay release from jail over deportation fears Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge in Tennessee to delay releasing him from jail in order to prevent the Trump administration from trying to swiftly deport the Maryland construction worker. By Ben Finley, Associated Press
Politics Jul 10 Judge will consider Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s request to avoid deportation before his Tennessee trial The proposal aims to prevent the Trump administration from trying to deport him before trial. By Ben Finley, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press
Jun 13 Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges By Travis Loller, Jonathan Mattise, Ben Finley, Associated Press Facing mounting pressure to return Abrego Garcia to the U.S., the Trump administration brought him back last week. However, he was immediately taken into custody on new criminal charges filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of… Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 4:10 Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to U.S. to face charges from Tennessee traffic stop By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the United States. He was wrongly deported to a prison in El Salvador in March when the president invoked the wartime Alien Enemies Act. A grand jury in Tennessee indicted him on charges related… Continue watching
Jun 06 WATCH: DOJ brings Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to U.S. to face charges of transporting undocumented immigrants By Associated Press Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation to El Salvador became a political flashpoint in the Trump administration's stepped-up immigration enforcement, was being returned to the United States to face criminal charges related to what the Trump administration said was a massive… Continue reading
May 16 Senate Republicans block Democratic push for transparency over Trump’s deportations to El Salvador By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The resolution blocked by Republicans would force administration officials to report to Congress about what steps it is taking to comply with courts that have ruled on the deportations. Democrats have highlighted the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was… Continue reading
May 16 WATCH: Attorneys react to latest Kilmar Abrego Garcia hearing where judge called Trump administration’s explanation ‘inadequate’ By Ben Finley, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press A federal judge told the Trump administration Friday that its explanation for invoking the state secrets privilege in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case is inadequate, describing the government’s reasoning for withholding information as “take my word for it.”… Continue reading