Mistakenly deported Maryland man 'alive and secure' according to state department
Supreme Court orders Trump administration to facilitate return of deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Trump Administration representative claims the Maryland man who was mistakenly deported is currently "alive and secure" in a prison in El Salvador.
As of 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, 29-year-old Kilmar Abrego Garcia is "alive and secure" in a "Terrorism Confinement Center" in El Salvador.
According to the filing, Michael G. Kozak, a Senior Bureau Official of the U.S. State Department, declares "under penalty of perjury" that, based on his "personal knowledge, reasonable inquiry, and information obtained from other State Department employees," Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is alive, secure and being detained by the authority of El Salvador.
District Judge Paula Zeni is requiring the U.S. Government to provide daily updates on Garcia's whereabouts and what the government is doing to bring him back to Maryland.
Moments before the update from the Department of Justice, Garcia's attorney did actually file a motion to hold the Justice Department "in contempt."