Mistaken deportation of Maryland man

A Maryland judge is demanding that President Donald Trump’s administration return a man it admits was mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador

2011: Kilmar Ábrego García (right) comes to U.S. from El Salvador illegally

2019: Immigration judge grants Kilmar legal protection from deportation on grounds that he might be at risk of gang persecution

Mar 12, 2025: Kilmar arrested in Baltimore, Maryland, by federal immigration authorities

Mar 15: Sent to El Salvador’s notorious Cecot (Terrorism Confinement Centre), right, along with hundreds of other men accused of being gang members

Mar 24: Kilmar’s wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura (below), sues Trump administration to bring him backApr 4: Federal judge Paula Xinis orders government to “facilitate and effectuate” Kilmar’s return

Apr 10: U.S. Supreme Court upholds Xinis’ order following challenge by Trump administration

Apr 14: Visiting Trump at White House, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele (right) says he will not let Kilmar return to U.S.

Apr 15: Judge Xinis gives Trump administration two weeks to submit evidence on how it is trying to return Kilmar, warning “there will be no tolerance for gamesmanship”

Sources: Reuters, AP, BBC
Pictures: Newscom, Getty Images, Jennifer Vasquez
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