The 29-year-old is now detained in Tennessee after being returned to the US and is awaiting trial on human smuggling charges.

According to new court documents filed on Wednesday as part of a lawsuit his wife brought against the Trump administration, Mr Ábrego García and 20 other detainees were repeatedly beaten when they arrived at El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Centre, or Cecot.

Once there, according to the documents, Mr Ábrego García and 20 other deported inmates “were confined to metal bunks with no mattresses in an overcrowded cell with no windows, bright lights that remained on 24 hours a day, and minimal access to sanitation”.

Mr Ábrego García has also alleged that he and the other prisoners were “forced to kneel” from 9 PM to 6 AM, “with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion”.

At one point, guards allegedly threatened to confine him with gang members who would “tear” him apart.

His mistreatment led to him losing 30lbs (14kg) within the first two weeks of his incarceration in El Salvador, according to the complaint.

  • fibojoly@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 days ago

    It would be nice to imagine ICE hunters, years from now, hunting those traitors to humanity down, one after the other, no matter where they escape.

    • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      I think there are a whole lot of young US citizens right now watching their own relatives being deported, sometimes leaving them as orphans. ICE is creating a generation of ICE hunters that will chase them down to the ends of the Earth.