MS-13 Gang Member Kilmar Abrego Garcia Claims He Was “Severely Beaten” While Jailed in El Salvador’s CECOT Prison – DHS Spox Responds with Fire

by Cristina Laila Jul. 2, 2025 8:20 pm

MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia claimed he was “severely beaten” while jailed at El Salvador’s CECOT prison in a court filing.

Meanwhile, a federal magistrate judge in Tennessee agreed to delay the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia so he doesn’t get deported.

“Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was then forced to strip, issued prison clothing, and subjected to physical abuse including being kicked in the legs with boots and struck on his head and arms to make him change clothes faster,” the court filing said. “His head was shaved with a zero razor, and he was frog-marched to cell 15, being struck with wooden batons along the way. By the following day, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia had visible bruises and lumps all over his body.”

Abrego Garcia said he lost 31 pounds in two weeks.

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NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia offered his first account of the “severe beatings” and other abuses he says he suffered while jailed in El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison. He says in a court filing that he lost 31 lbs in two weeks.

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https://politico.com/news/2025/07/02/kilmar-abrego-garcia-salvadoran-prison-account-00438153



8:27 PM · Jul 2, 2025

DHS spokeswoman responded to Abrego Garcia’s sob story with fire.

“Asked about the court filing, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security accused the media of “falling all over themselves to defend Kilmar Abrego Garcia.”” – Politico reported.

“The media’s sympathetic narrative about this criminal illegal gang member has completely fallen apart, yet they continue to peddle his sob story,” the spokeswoman, Tricia McLaughlin, said to Politico.

The Justice Department recently told a judge that they will begin deportation proceedings after a federal judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be released.

Last Wednesday, US District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, an Obama appointee, said Abrego Garcia should not be detained as he awaits a trial on federal child-trafficking charges.

Judge Crenshaw is the second judge to order Abrego Garcia released pending trial. Last Sunday federal magistrate judge Barbara Holmes ruled MS-13 gang member and wife beater Kilmar Abrego Garcia should not be detained on his criminal charges.

Abrego Garcia was not released from prison because he was detained by ICE.

The DOJ previously told the Court that Abrego Garcia will be deported to a ‘third country’ that is not El Salvador after he is released from a Tennessee jail.

Government prosecutors did not give a timeline for the removal process but said it was not imminent.

Last month Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleaded not guilty to human trafficking charges as and fought for his release pending trial.

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