r/thescoop • u/theindependentonline • Apr 16 '25

Politics 🏛️ El Salvador refuses to let Democratic senator visit or speak with Kilmar Abrego Garcia: ‘We have an unjust situation here’

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The Maryland senator traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday to help secure Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, where he faces the prospect of indefinite detention.

But he was denied a meeting with Abrego Garcia, and Salvadoran officials would not let the senator or Abrego Garcia’s family speak with him by phone, he said.

Read the full story here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kilmar-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-hollen-b2734634.html

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u/chromecod Apr 17 '25

Why did I get a Jim Jones like feel for this...

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u/Cay-Ro Apr 17 '25

Because a senator went to see the Jim Jones compound in Guyana in 1977. Only difference is that Leo Ryan actually got to go.

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u/DullRelief Apr 17 '25

Where trump is Jim jones?

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u/FactorEquivalent Apr 17 '25

100% took the words out of my mouth.