Maryland Democrat U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen met with deported illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia in his native El Salvador on Thursday where he gazed deeply, lovingly and closely in the eyes of the accused wife-beater and MS-13 gang member.
Van Hollen, who flew to El Salvador this week with the goal of meeting Abrego Garcia and bringing him back to Maryland from the CECOT prison (Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo) where he is being held after being deported by the Trump administration. Van Hollen had been rebuffed in earlier attempts this week to meet with Abrego Garcia.
Abrego Garcia had settled in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., after illegally entering the U.S. over a decade ago. He has been found by an immigration court and appeals court to be a gang member of MS-13. He was deported to El Salvador last month despite an immigration court barring his return there as part of the Trump administration’s campaign to deport Central and South American gang members following President Trump’s designation of them as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The administration says the FTO designation negates the order barring his return to El Salvador.
Abrego Garcia has one young child with Jennifer Vasquez Sura, an American citizen whom he married and has accused him in court papers of beating her.
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele posted photos Thursday night of Van Hollen meeting with a healthy-looking Abrego Garcia, with the salty comment, “Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the “death camps” and “torture, “is now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of El Salvador!”
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the “death camps” & “torture”, now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of El Salvador! pic.twitter.com/r6VWc6Fjtn
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) April 18, 2025
Van Hollen posted his own photo of the meeting, “I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.”
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return. pic.twitter.com/U9y2gZpxCb
— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) April 18, 2025
Bukele had the last word, “Now that he’s been confirmed healthy, he gets the honor of staying in El Salvador’s custody.”
Now that he’s been confirmed healthy, he gets the honor of staying in El Salvador’s custody https://t.co/2xVt4SNOGn
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) April 18, 2025
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