{"id":1116,"date":"2025-04-14T16:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T16:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2025-04-18T14:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T14:28:24","slug":"trump-bukele-say-they-wont-return-mistakenly-deported-man-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/trump-bukele-say-they-wont-return-mistakenly-deported-man-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, Bukele say they won't return mistakenly deported man to US"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said Monday that he has no plans to return a Maryland man wrongfully deported to a prison in his country, telling reporters, \u201cOf course I\u2019m not going to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bukele\u2019s Oval Office meeting with President Trump was the first since the Supreme Court ruled last week that the U.S. must \u201cfacilitate\u201d the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.<\/p>\n

However, both Trump and Bukele suggested they don\u2019t have the power to return the Maryland man and Salvadoran national to the U.S., with several Trump administration figures gathered in the office mischaracterizing the substance of the court’s order.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow could I return him to the United States? I smuggle him to the United States? Of course I\u2019m not going to do it. The question is preposterous,\u201d Bukele said, going on to refer to Abrego Garcia as a terrorist.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have the power to return him to the United States. I\u2019m not releasing \u2014 I mean, we’re not very fond of releasing terrorists into our country,\u201d he added, saying El Salvador is no longer the murder capital of the world.<\/p>\n

Before Bukele spoke, Trump and a number of his aides suggested the decision would rest with El Salvador.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s up to El Salvador if they want to return him. That’s not up to us,\u201d Attorney General Pam Bondi said.<\/p>\n

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