US President Donald Trump said “he could” speak with the Salvadoral authorities to organize the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a long -standing resident of Maryland, wrongly in El Salvador by the United States government in March, but says that it depends on the Salvadoral leaders to make the call.
Trump’s comments, made in a television Interview with ABC News This was released on Tuesday, came in the wake of a decision of the Supreme Court rendered on April 10 ordering the government to guarantee the safe return of Abrego Garcia.
The father of three 29-year-olds was withdrawn from the United States, despite an order from the 2019 court which prohibited his expulsion in El Salvador due to existing threats to his life in the country. Nevertheless, the Trump administration has repeatedly argued that he is the responsibility of President Salvadoran, Nayib Bukele, to send Abrego Garcia to his home, despite Bukele’s assertion that he does not have the power to do so.
Terry Moran from ABC News surveyed the president on his decision not to help Abrego Garcia.
“You could get it back. There is a phone on this desk,” said Moran.
“I could,” replied Trump, adding that he was badly tilted to do so because of the claims of his administration that Abgreo Garcia was involved in the activity of the gangs.
“If he [Abrego Garcia] If the gentleman that you say he is, I would do this, but he is not, “said the president in Moran, adding that the decision does not belong to him.
The Trump administration says that Greo Garcia has links with the MS-13 gang, an affirmation of the lawyers for Abrego Garcia vehemently while noting that he had never been accused of a crime.
During the interview, Trump also described Abrego Garcia as a “hard cookie” and said that he “beat his wife’s hell.”
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The wife of Abrego Garcia, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, accused him of domestic violence and received a temporary protective order against him in 2021. She told journalists that the situation had not degenerated since and that she had chosen not to continue the legal proceedings, according to CBS News.
The demonstrators show support for Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly expelled in Salvador. The Trump administration admits that Greo Garcia has been accidentally expelled, but has not yet acted on the ordinance of a judge to facilitate his return to the United States
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Likewise, in a Time magazine interview Last week, Trump denied that his administration had thwarted the ordinance of the Supreme Court.
When asked if he “disobeyed” the 9-0 decision, the president said: “Well, that’s not what my people told me – they didn’t say it was, they said it was – the nine to nothing was something completely different.”
During additional questions, Trump completely rejected responsibility.
“I leave that to my lawyers. I do not give them any instruction. They think the order has said something very different from what you say. But I leave that to my lawyers. If they wish – and it would be the United States Attorney General and the people who represent the country. I do not make this decision. “
Earlier this month, Maryland senator Chris Van Hollen went to Salvador to meet Abrego Garcia and put pressure for his release.
He was able to sit with his constituent for an hour in a hotel after multiple attempts to meet him were rejected.
The photos published by the Van Hollen office offer the only proof of the well-being of Abrego Garcia since his arrival in Salvador over a month ago.
Four Democrats in the House – Yassamine Ansari, Maxine Dexter, Maxwell Frost and Robert Garcia – were refused a similar visit.
In this document provided by the office of Senator Van Hollen, the American senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) meets Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (L) in a place not disclosed on April 17, 2025 in San Salvador, El Salvador.
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Abrego Garcia fled to the United States illegally around 2011, the year he was 16 years old, according to documents filed in his immigration case. He joined his brother, Cesar, now an American citizen, in Maryland and found work in construction.
He acquired a lawful status in the United States in 2019, but was arrested last month and flew to El Salvador on one of the multiple high-level flights carrying alleged members of Venezuelan gangs, despite an existing order prohibiting his return to the country due to threats of gang persecution.
Abrego Garcia’s family was extorted by local gangs in Salvador when he fled the country almost 15 years ago.
He and his wife have three children, including their five -year -old son, who is autism, is deaf in an ear and is unable to communicate verbally. They also raise a nine -year -old child with autism and a 10 -year -old child with epilepsy.
Its expulsion occurred within the framework of a broader initiative led by the government, which is accompanied by illegal immigration.
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