A man recently deported from Maryland to El Salvador was a known member of the violent MS-13 gang, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who addressed the issue on Tuesday, clarifying that while the deportation may have stemmed from a bureaucratic mistake, it involved a dangerous individual.
The deportee, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, is believed to be held at CECOT, a high-security prison in El Salvador infamous for housing gang leaders and violent offenders. Leavitt emphasized that despite reports of an administrative oversight, Abrego Garcia was far from a low-risk individual.
“The administration maintains the position that this individual who was deported to El Salvador and will not be returning to our country was a member of the brutal and vicious MS-13 gang,” Leavitt said. “We also have credible intelligence proving that this individual was involved in human trafficking. This individual was a member, actually a leader, of the brutal MS-13 gang, which this president has designated as a foreign terrorist organization.”
In response to claims portraying Abrego Garcia as a benign resident living quietly in the U.S., Leavitt rejected those narratives outright.
“This individual is an illegal criminal who broke our nation’s immigration laws. He is a leader in the brutal MS-13 gang, and he is involved in human trafficking. And now MS-13 is a designated foreign terrorist organization,” Leavitt said.
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