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I KNEW this motherfucker was going to start pulling shit like this. First, he backchannels Van Hollen to humiliate Trump by giving the Senator access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Now he's trying to broker a deal with Venezuela to get Salvadorean political prisoners back. Bukele is an operator. But the Trump people foolishly believe that they actually control this situation.

cnn.com/2025/04/20/americas/el

CNN · El Salvador’s president offers Maduro US-deported Venezuelans for prisoner swapBy Michael Rios

"Bukele has shown how a state of exception can be sustained not just through brute force, but by raising the cost of speaking out. Under his state of exception, anybody can be labeled a criminal and critics often are. Trump is following suit, his policies have already effectively limited freedom of expression for a class of people that must now stay silent for fear of being grabbed off the streets"

#Trump #Bukele #ElSalvador #USPolitics

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · Trump has found in El Salvador a model for the repressive state he wants to build – and he’s just getting startedBy Jordana Timerman
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"6. There was a double-hearsay accusation by a disgraced cop in 2019 that he had an 'MS-13 affiliation,' and on that basis he could be deported to a country other than El Salvador. Still, he got a work permit."

7. Whether Abrego Garcia is 'good' or 'bad,' he is entitled to some due process in the United States.

8. El Salvador has facilitated the return of other people back to the U.S. before."

#Trump #Bukele #AbregoGarcia #ElSalvador #ICE #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess
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As lies about Abrego Garcia and this case proliferate on social media, MeidasTouch offers a helpful succinct fact sheet to counter the lies:

"The undisputed facts on Kilmar Abrego Garcia:

1. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 he was 'improperly' sent to El Salvador and to 'facilitate his return.'

2. The Trump DOJ admits Abrego Garcia was sent in error to El Salvador."

#Trump #Bukele #AbregoGarcia #ElSalvador #ICE #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess
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meidasplus.com/p/meidastouch-u

Meidas+ · MeidasTouch Undisputed Fact Sheet on Kilmar Abrego GarciaBy Ben Meiselas
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"how he was shackled and loaded onto a plane with blacked-out windows, and how he was tossed into a cell with 25 others in one of the most notorious prisons in Central America.

And what was Kilmar’s crime, according to our government? Nothing. No charges. No trial. No evidence. Just a bureaucratic 'error' that the Trump administration not only refused to fix—but then fired the DOJ lawyer who admitted the truth in court."

#Trump #Bukele #AbregoGarcia #ICE #DueProcess
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"The authoritarian leader of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, tried to stage a photo-op to make it look like Abrego Garcia was relaxing poolside with Senator Van Hollen, sipping margaritas—when in reality, Garcia had just come from a hellish extermination prison where he was shackled, traumatized, and denied contact with his family."

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #Bukele #AbregoGarcia #ElSalvador #ICE #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess
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meidasplus.com/p/senator-holds

#Trump hat in #ElSalvador sein Modell gefunden

#KilmarÁbregoGarcía illustriert die menschlichen Kosten der Bukele-Trump-Methode. Dies ist kein Nebenprodukt, sondern integraler Bestandteil, um Terror zu verbreiten.
#Bukele hat gezeigt, wie ein Ausnahmezustand […] auch durch die Erhöhung der Kosten für Meinungsäußerungen [erhalten werden kann]. Beide haben verstanden, daß Angst nicht nur Widerstand unterdrückt. Sie kann das Fundament für eine dauerhafte neue Ordnung sein.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · Trump has found in El Salvador a model for the repressive state he wants to build – and he’s just getting startedBy Jordana Timerman
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But according to his lawyer, Y.S.M. informed the agents that what they believed to be a gun was actually a water pistol.

A spox for the president of #ElSalvador, Wendy Ramos, did not respond to a request for confirmation of an upcoming flight.

Since March 15, the #Trump admin has sent 5 flights carrying deportees to El Salvador under a deal with its president, Nayib #Bukele, to hold detainees deemed by US authorities to be part of criminal gangs in his country’s prison system, for a fee.