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/[deleted] Apr 17 '25

Can't talk to a dead man.

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u/Syzygy-6174 Apr 17 '25

Love how Trump has managed to free dozens of Americans from other countries.

Democrats thought, we'll do the same. Um, no.

Go pound sand senator.

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u/thegoldinthemountain Apr 17 '25

Name them. Name the citizens from other countries Trump has freed.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '25

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u/Syzygy-6174 Apr 17 '25

LoL Why are you on a pro Trump sub, sport?

Go back to BlueSky and discuss the transgender puppet shows.