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6 days ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Peter Charalambous |Laura Romero |James Hill
Administration officials and family members are painting contrasting images. ByPeter Charalambous, Laura Romero, and James HillUndated photo provided by Murray Osorio PLLC shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Murray Osorio PLLC via APAs the court battle rages over the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man at center of one of the most consequential legal standoffs since Donald Trump returned to office sits in an El Salvador mega-prison, unable to speak for himself.
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6 days ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Laura Romero |Peter Charalambous |James Hill |Ely Brown |Armando Garcia |Katherine Faulders
The alleged MS-13 member, who was living in Maryland, is in a Salvadoran prison. ByLaura Romero, Peter Charalambous, James Hill, Ely Brown, Armando Garcia, and Katherine FauldersUndated photo provided by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, a man identified by Jennifer Vasquez Sura as her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is led by force by guards through the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador.
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1 week ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Laura Romero |Armando Garcia
Mohsen Mahdawi, a U.S. resident, was arrested after a naturalization interview. ByLaura Romero and Armando GarciaColumbia student and Palestinian Mohsen Madawi being arrested during a visit to the immigration office in Colchester, VT, April 14, 2025. Christopher HelaliA Columbia University student who co-founded, with Mahmoud Khalil, a university organization called Palestinian Student Union was arrested Monday by Department of Homeland Security agents, his attorney told ABC News.
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1 week ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Devin Dwyer |Laura Romero
Returning Kilmar Abrego Garcia is "up to El Salvador," AG Pam Bondi said. ByDevin Dwyer and Laura RomeroThis undated photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, in April 2025, shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia. CASA via APA lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man and alleged gang member who was deported in error to El Salvador, said Monday that it might take a contempt order to prompt the U.S. government to return him from that country.
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1 week ago | 
abc7.com | Laura Romero |Katherine Faulders |Fritz Farrow |Ivan Pereira
WASHINGTON -- A day after a federal court sought details on the status of a Maryland man who was deported in error to El Salvador, the State Department told a judge that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is "alive and secure" but still not on American soil.
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2 weeks ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Peter Charalambous |Laura Romero
Some migrants are being sent to countries where they have no prior connection. ByPeter Charalambous and Laura RomeroPrison officers stand guard a cell block at maximum security penitentiary Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism, April 4, 2025 in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador.
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2 weeks ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Linsey Davis |Laura Romero |Armando Garcia
The wife of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia spoke with ABC News on Wednesday. ByLinsey Davis, Laura Romero, and Armando GarciaThis undated photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, in April 2025, shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia. CASA via APThe wife of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador in error, denied the Trump administration's allegation that her husband is a member of the criminal gang MS-13.
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2 weeks ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Matt Rivers |Laura Romero
Authorities deported more than 200 alleged gang members without due process. ByMatt Rivers and Laura RomeroMervin Jose Yamarte Fernandez was sent to El Salvador by the U.S. Courtesy Mercedes YamarteMervin Jose Yamarte Fernandez, who worked day and night at a tortilla factory in Dallas, was hoping to return to Venezuela soon to be with his six-year-old daughter, his mother Mercedes Yamarte told ABC News. But that would never happen.
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3 weeks ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Armando Garcia |Laura Romero
Adrian Gil Rojas was arrested by ICE despite having Temporary Protected Status. ByArmando Garcia and Laura RomeroAlleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua who were deported by the U.S. government, are detained at the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador in a photo obtained Mar. 16, 2025.
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3 weeks ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Armando Garcia |Laura Romero |Peter Charalambous
Family members and lawyers for some of the men have denied any gang affiliation. ByArmando Garcia, Laura Romero, and Peter CharalambousMaiker Escalona was a barber in Venezuela. Raida Over the last month, the Trump administration has sent over 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador to be detained in a notorious mega-prison with a track record of human rights abuses.
