April 19, 2025
The Abrego Garcia affair is more than one man, says the American senator
American senator Chris Van Hollen said he had met Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man who had been wrongly expelled in Salvador, in a hotel.
The Democratic senator spoke with journalists just after landing in the United States after his three-day trip to El Salvador to put pressure on the release of Abrego Garcia.
Van Hollen said that the case “does not only concern a man”, but also with regard to the contempt of President Donald Trump of the American judicial system.
Van Hollen said that Greo Garcia had been brought to his hotel after the senator tried to visit the man, who was imprisoned in Salvador since his shipment on March 16.
Van Hollen accused El Salvador of having tried to stage Reunion and glorify his treatment of Albrégo Garcia to “deceive people from what’s going on”.
Addressing journalists on Friday, Van Hollen said that government representatives had put glasses of cocktails on the table to give the impression that the two men had drank. He also criticized the initial plans to organize the meeting by a hotel swimming pool.
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, published a photo on X on Thursday, showing the American senator and Abrego Garcia seated together.
Abrego Garcia is “sipping Margaritas with Senator Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of El Salvador!” The position indicated.
According to Van Hollen, Abrego Garcia is “traumatized” having been in Cecot, the notorious mega-prison designed to hold the most dangerous gang members of El Salvador.
The Trump administration refused to respect an order from the Supreme Court to return Abrego Garcia to the United States.
Abrego Garcia told the senator that he had been transferred from Cecot to another prison with better conditions.
