Kilmar Abrego Garcia back in court
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia remained in federal court custody in Tennessee on Wednesday after a judge postponed a ruling on whether he should be freed while awaiting trial.
The exchanges unfolded at a hearing in Federal District Court in Nashville intended to determine whether Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia should be freed from criminal custody as he awaits trial.
A new federal court filing says Kilmar Abrego Garcia experienced "severe beatings" and "psychological torture" in a supermax prison in El Salvador.
His mistaken deportation became a flashpoint in tensions over the Trump Administration’s hardline immigration policy.
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.
El Salvador’s president disputes claims Abrego Garcia was tortured in notorious prison - The Trump administration wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador in March
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has cast aside allegations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten and subject to psychological torture in a Salvadoran prison.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongfully deported in March, alleged in court documents filed Wednesday that he was tortured in an El Salvador prison.
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