Ice acknowledged ‘Administrative Mistakes’ after Maryland’s man was sent to El Salvador prison
A Maryland man with protected legal status sent to a famous prison in El Salvador after “administrative mistakes,” an immigration official and US Customs Enforcement (ICE) received in the Oath Declaration on Monday.
Kilmer Armado Abrego-Garcia who has a wife of a US citizen and a 5-year-old child is currently in Cecot, a famous prison in El Salvador.
The submission is part of the new lawsuit filed by Abrego-Garcia’s lawyer who requested that the El Salvador government return it to the US after being sent there “because of administrative errors.”
In response, the government has recognized the mistake but said in the submission that because Abrego-Garcia was no longer in US custody, the court could not order him to be returned to the US also could not order the El Salvador Court to return it.
According to Abrego-Garcia’s lawyer, in 2019, a secret informant “has suggested that Abrego Garcia is an active member of” Geng MS-13. He then submitted the i-589 application for asylum and although Abrego Garcia was found to be removed, an immigration judge “gave him the transfer to El Salvador.”
But earlier this month, Abrego-Garcia was stopped by the ICE officer who “told him that the immigration status had changed.” After being detained due to gang affiliates, he was transferred to the detention center in Texas. He was then sent to El Salvador on March 15.
“Abrego-Garcia, a native and citizen of El Salvador, is on the third flight and thus has an order to move to El Salvador who was executed,” said Robert L. Cigesse, Acting Director of the Field Office for ICE in the declaration of swearing. “This deletion is a mistake.”
Police officers Salvador oversees the alleged members of the Venezuelan Gang Trend de Aragua Baru -this newly deported by the US government to be jailed in the central prison of terrorism brackets, in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, obtained March 16, 2025.
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Abrego-Garcia’s lawyer said that he was “not a member or did not have an affiliation with the dean deanua trend, MS-13, or criminal gangs or other streets” and said that the US government “never produced a lot of evidence to support this baseless accusation.”
In response, the government said Abrego Garcia had the opportunity to provide evidence to show that he was not part of MS-13. “Abrego Garcia has a full and fair opportunity to raise problems,” said the government. “He has the opportunity to provide evidence that tends to show that he is not part of MS-13, which he is not aimed at.”
In the archiving, Yaakov M. Roth Assistant Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division for the Department of Justice said the court did not have a jurisdiction to review the elimination of Abrego Garcia and said that the Plaintiff sought his release from Salvador detention with “financial pressure and diplomacy.”
Roth also added that in the submission that nothing clearly showed that “Abrego Garcia himself is likely to be tortured or killed at Cecot.”
“Although there may be allegations of violations in other Salvador prison – very little in connection with a large number of prisoners – nothing clearly shows that Abrego Garcia himself is likely to be tortured or killed at the Cecot,” Roth said. “More fundamental, this court must submit to the government’s determination that Abrego Garcia might not be tortured or killed in El Salvador.”
In the sworn declaration, Berna said the transfer was “done in good faith.”
“This is supervision, and the transfer is carried out in good faith based on the final order of transfer and membership recognized in Garcia in MS-13,” said Terna.
