Deported illegal alien and suspected MS-13 gang member transferred from notorious El Salvadoran mega-prison
Sen Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., flew to El Salvador last week to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia
By Stepheny Price , David Spunt Fox News
Published April 20, 2025 9:36pm EDT
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant with alleged ties to a violent gang who was deported to El Salvador, had been transferred from the country's notorious mega prison, Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT), days before U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., arrived in the country last week to push for his freedom.
Van Hollen told reporters after returning to the U.S. on Friday and again on Sunday that Abrego Garcia, 29, is no longer in CECOT, a claim that was filed in the government’s daily update, obtained by Fox News, and now confirmed in writing by the State Department.
The filing states, "Abrego Garcia told Sen. Van Hollen on April 17 that he had been transferred from CECOT to the detention facility ‘Centro Industrial’ in Santa Ana about eight days prior. Abrego Garcia told Sen. Van Hollen that he had been placed in the administrative building of Centro Industrial, in a room of his own with a bed and furniture, and that he was not in a cell."
In an X post Sunday, Van Hollen called out President Donald Trump, writing, "When you defy court orders and deny one man his Constitutional rights, you threaten them for ALL."
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