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 Kilmar Abrego Garcia describes ‘severe beatings’ and ‘psychological torture’ in Salvadoran prison
07/03/25 10:38 AM
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Abrego submitted a harrowing and detailed account of abuse after the Trump administration illegally deported him.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose illegal deportation by the Trump administration captured national attention, is now offering a chilling account of his mistreatment in a Salvadoran prison, claiming he suffered “severe beatings,” sleep deprivation, malnutrition and other forms of torture at the hands of his jailers.
Abrego, a native of El Salvador, revealed details of his time in the country’s notorious anti-terrorism prison in a legal filing Wednesday. It’s the first time he has provided a firsthand description of his experience after the Trump administration summarily deported him there in March in violation of a court order.
The administration for months resisted a judge’s command to bring Abrego back to the United States. But last month, federal prosecutors secured an indictment against him in Tennessee for human smuggling. At that point, the administration arranged for him to be released from Salvadoran custody and returned to the U.S. to face those charges.
The Salvadoran prison where Abrego was initially housed, known as the Anti-Terrorism Confinement Center or by its Spanish-language acronym CECOT, is reputed to be rife with gang violence and human rights abuses. But there are few first-hand accounts of treatment there because El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has vowed that its prisoners will never be released.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/02/kilmar-abrego-garcia-salvadoran-prison-account-00438153
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