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Joinfortmill

(21,679 posts)
Mon Apr 14, 2025, 12:42 PM Apr 2025

'Releasing wrongly deported man "preposterous," El Salvadoran president says' [View all]

'El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said Monday he can't return a mistakenly deported Maryland resident and Salvadorian national to the U.S.

Why it matters: The U.S. government accused Kilmar Abrego Garcia of being a member of MS-13, but he has not been convicted of gang-related crimes. The Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return.

"The question is preposterous," Bukele said during a press conference with President Trump. "How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? I don't have the power to return him to the United States."
Bukele also said he would not release him into El Salvador.

Zoom in: Attorney General Pam Bondi said it was up to El Salvador to return Abrego Garcia.

"If they wanted to return him, we would facilitate it," she said, "meaning provide a plane."


My words: I think they killed him. May these monsters rot in hell, but first let them face justice in the International Criminal Courts in the Hague. RESIST.
EVERYONE WHO VOTED FOR TRUMP OWNS THIS.

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We need proof of life. nature-lover Apr 2025 #1
Sadly, that should be ordered by the judge. I really don't get why they don't just return the guy to make this go away. Vinca Apr 2025 #2
Because he's injured or dead AND/OR because Mump wants to show that the SC has no power. Scrivener7 Apr 2025 #6
It's all about creating a constitutional crisis challenging the supremacy of the Supreme Court. Clouds Passing Apr 2025 #10
Or he can testify to horrible treatment genxlib Apr 2025 #11
I agree with nature-lover and Joinfortmill. OLDMDDEM Apr 2025 #3
We need an onslaught of "He's dead," as an explanation Ilsa Apr 2025 #4
So the El Salvador President is now dictating to the US President. Scrivener7 Apr 2025 #5
F47's going full Palpatine 0rganism Apr 2025 #7
The diplomatic deals that created this system needs exposure bucolic_frolic Apr 2025 #8
If every leader is so kacekwl Apr 2025 #9
Is it true that Bukele has boasted about being the biggest current dictator? (He looks like a allegorical oracle Apr 2025 #12
I believe he has called himself "the world's coolest dictator" bsiebs Apr 2025 #16
Trump is WEAK. druidity33 Apr 2025 #13
Pure Evil alarimer Apr 2025 #14
Called both my FL senators this a.m. They're not answering their phones so left a message. If you allegorical oracle Apr 2025 #15
What's preposterous are the regimes that kidnap and disappear people. n/t Harker Apr 2025 #17
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