LOADING ERROR LOADINGA federal judge on Thursday ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man the Trump administration erroneously sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador, to be immediately freed from immigration detention. In the order, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said Abrego Garcia was held at a notorious El Salvador prison known as CECOT without “lawful authority.”AdvertisementXinis noted that after the experience he had at CECOT, Abrego Garcia had been re-detained illegally and that his case demanded immediate intervention. In October, the government said it wished to send Abrego Garcia to Liberia. AdvertisementAfter spending months at CECOT, Abrego Garcia was first returned to the U.S. in June to face his indictment. Once there, Abrego Garcia said guards would assault him with wooden batons or force him and fellow prisoners to kneel from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m.

Source: Huffington Post December 11, 2025 17:47 UTC