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A new federal court filing says Kilmar Abrego Garcia experienced "severe beatings" and "psychological torture" in a supermax prison in El Salvador.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was subjected to severe mistreatment including "beatings, severe deprivation, inadequate nutrition and psychological torture" upon his arrival in March at CECOT, the notorious mega-prison in El Salvador,
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia was allegedly beaten and psychologically tortured during his time at CECOT, according to new court filings – reigniting a closely watched case playing out in two U.S. courts.
In a new lawsuit filed last week, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father illegally deported in March by the Trump administration, alleges he was subjected to starvation, severe beatings, and sleep deprivation inside El Salvador’s US-backed CECOT prison,
Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he experienced “psychological torture,” physical abuse and alarming conditions while housed in El Salvador’s most notorious mega prison. The account, revealed
President Nayib Bukele, in a post on the social media platform X, wrote that Kilmar Abrego Garcia "wasn't tortured, nor did he lose weight," during his stint at a notorious El Salvador prison.
His mistaken deportation became a flashpoint in tensions over the Trump Administration’s hardline immigration policy.
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Mediaite on MSNPolitico Reporter Flags Glaring Problem With Bukele’s Video Defending Abrego Garcia’s Treatment at CECOTBukele pushed back on allegations made in a new legal filing that Trump deportee Kilmar Abrego Garcia was tortured when held in the country's CECOT mega-prison.