Kilmar Armando Ábrego García

Kilmar Armando Ábrego García

Salvadoran man illegally deported from the United States in 2025 to El Salvador

Kilmar Armando Ábrego García, a Salvadoran man living in the United States, was illegally deported on March 15, 2025, by the U.S. government under the Trump administration, which called it "an administrative error". His case became the most prominent of the hundreds of migrants the U.S. sent to be jailed without trial at the Salvadoran Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) under the countries' agreement where the U.S. would pay the Salvadoran government to imprison U.S. deportees there. The administration defended the deportation and accused Abrego Garcia of being a member of MS-13—a US-designated terrorist organization—based on a county police report mentioned during a 2019 immigration court bail proceeding. Abrego Garcia has denied the allegation.

Also known as...Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and Kilmar Ábrego García
Abrego Garcia case dismissed

Abrego Garcia case dismissed A federal judge dismissed charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, ruling his prosecution was vindictive.