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Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Lawyers Say He was Tortured and Starved in El Salvador - Prison Videos Refute

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Lawyers Say He was Tortured and Starved in El Salvador - Prison Videos Refute

Deported illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the United States awaiting trial for allegedly trafficking fellow illegal aliens across the country. Garcia was imprisoned in his native El Salvador before being recalled to the U.S. His...

World Reuters El Salvador president denies that Abrego Garcia was tortured in prison

World Reuters El Salvador president denies that Abrego Garcia was tortured in prison

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Thursday denied accusations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant returned to the U.S. in early June after being wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador, was...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Say He Was ‘Threatened and Tortured’ in El Salvador Prison After Mistaken Deportation

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Say He Was ‘Threatened and Tortured’ in El Salvador Prison After Mistaken Deportation

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man whose mistaken deportation in March became a flashpoint in tensions over the Trump Administration’s hardline immigration policy, was “threatened and tortured” in a notorious El Salvadoran prison, his lawyers...

Bukele rechaza las acusaciones de tortura durante la detención de Kilmar Ábrego García en El Salvador

Bukele rechaza las acusaciones de tortura durante la detención de Kilmar Ábrego García en El Salvador

CNN Español El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, rechazó el jueves las acusaciones de que Kilmar Ábrego García fue torturado o maltratado durante el tiempo que estuvo detenido en el país centroamericano, entre el 15 de marzo y el 6 de...

Kilmar Abrego García’s lawyers describe ‘severe beatings’ in El Salvador prison

Kilmar Abrego García’s lawyers describe ‘severe beatings’ in El Salvador prison

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, right, speaks with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, in a hotel restaurant in San Salvador, El Salvador, Thursday, April...

World News | El Salvador President Bukele Denies Beating, Torture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Prison

World News | El Salvador President Bukele Denies Beating, Torture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Prison

Mexico City, Jul 4 (AP) El Salvador President Nayib Bukele cast aside allegations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten and subject to psychological torture in a Salvadoran prison on Thursday. In a post on the social media platform X, Bukele wrote...

Obama-appointed judge to rule on motion to dismiss in high-stakes Abrego Garcia case hearing

Obama-appointed judge to rule on motion to dismiss in high-stakes Abrego Garcia case hearing

Fox News correspondent David Spunt has the latest on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's trial on 'Special Report.' NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Justice Department lawyers and attorneys for Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia will square off...

Abrego Garcia Claims He Was Tortured in El Salvador. But Nayib Bukele Has Receipts.

Abrego Garcia Claims He Was Tortured in El Salvador. But Nayib Bukele Has Receipts.

"Kilmar Abrego Garcia suffered psychological and physical torture in El Salvador prison, attorneys say" reads the headline from NBC. "Abrego Garcia says he was severely beaten in Salvadoran prison," says NPR's headline. "Kilmar Abrego Garcia says...

Salvadoran ex-army officers handed 60 years over Dutch journalists killings

A court in El Salvador has sentenced three former military commanders to 60 years for the killings of four Dutch journalists in 1982 during the Central American country’s civil war. Journalists Koos Koster, Jan Kuiper, Hans ter Laag and Joop...

From Blockchain to Big Data: El Salvador Presents Digital Services at América Digital 2025.

From Blockchain to Big Data: El Salvador Presents Digital Services at América Digital 2025.

El Salvador recently took part in the 10th América Digital Congress of AI, Tech, and Business 2025, held in Mexico City, with the goal of promoting its growing innovation and technology ecosystem. The country’s participation focused on presenting...

Private Sector in El Salvador Responds Strongly to Pro-Business Reforms.

Private Sector in El Salvador Responds Strongly to Pro-Business Reforms.

El Salvador’s private sector is responding enthusiastically to President Nayib Bukele’s push for economic growth, said Luis Rodríguez, head of the San Salvador Metropolitan Area Planning Office (Opamss). He pointed to a recent $100 million deal...

El Salvador Attracts $322 Million in Foreign Investment in Q1 2025, Led by Panama, Spain, and the U.S.

El Salvador Attracts $322 Million in Foreign Investment in Q1 2025, Led by Panama, Spain, and the U.S.

El Salvador continues to position itself as a rising destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America, registering an inflow of $322.2 million in the first quarter of 2025 alone—a 64% increase compared to the same period in 2024,...

El Salvador Commits $164 Million to Transform San Salvador’s Historic Center.

El Salvador Commits $164 Million to Transform San Salvador’s Historic Center.

In a major push to revitalize its capital, El Salvador has announced a projected investment of $164 million aimed at transforming the Historic Center of San Salvador into a fully functional, vibrant urban space. The initiative, spearheaded by the...

How El Salvador Is Elevating Women in International Diplomacy.

How El Salvador Is Elevating Women in International Diplomacy.

To commemorate the International Day of Women in Diplomacy on June 24, El Salvador’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its Diplomatic Institute “Dr. José Gustavo Guerrero,” held a forum titled “Breaking Barriers: Voices of Women Diplomats...

Abrego Garcia says beaten, tortured in El Salvador prison, Trump admin calls account 'sob story'

Abrego Garcia says beaten, tortured in El Salvador prison, Trump admin calls account 'sob story'

Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was recently deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, is saying upon his return to the U.S. that he was beaten and psychologically tortured while imprisoned in the Latin American country....

Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was beaten in El Salvador jail

Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was beaten in El Salvador jail

International Experts Highlight El Salvador’s Transformation as a Regional Model with Global Potential.

International Experts Highlight El Salvador’s Transformation as a Regional Model with Global Potential.

B. León (Belén De León) is an international analyst and consultant specialising in protocol and foreign relations. She serves as the Director of NLG Internacional in France, combining field experience with strategic advisory. Since 2019,...

Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Say He Endured Beatings, Torture in El Salvador Prison

Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Say He Endured Beatings, Torture in El Salvador Prison

Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Washington — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported in March to a notorious mega-prison in...

What Kilmar Abrego Garcia says about his treatment in El Salvador prison

What Kilmar Abrego Garcia says about his treatment in El Salvador prison

Kilmar Abrego Garcia alleges that he faced physical and psychological torture during his detention in an El Salvador prison. He says he wasn't able to contact his family or lawyers and experienced inhumane living conditions, resulting in severe...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was tortured, beaten in El Salvador prison

Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was tortured, beaten in El Salvador prison

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador earlier this year, says he was subjected to sleep deprivation, psychological torture and severe beatings during his incarceration at the notorious Terrorism...

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