• I have a depressing feeling he’s dead. the narrative I’ve seen is that the gangs tried to extort his mother and he stood up to them as a teen, and they had to leave to avoid retribution… which was the primary reason (in addition to being a good worker, references, etc) that a judge in the US issued an order not to deport him years ago.

    so to disappear him in the carceral warehouse with absolutely no shot of recovery works for trump, the fuck stick running El Salvador, th guards, and the gangs.

    last I checked he had not been heard from since they grabbed him.

    I have been trying to keep up with this story as much as my sanity allows. it is fucking horrible.

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      he may not have been heard from because prisoners in CECOT are not allowed any direct contact with the outside. No lawyer or family visits or calls. I’ve talked with some Salvadoran activists about the CECOT and they mostly talk about the overcrowding, poor food and hygiene, and a complete lack of dignity and privacy. They didn’t talk about violence in there though, except from the guards. Even if the gangs hate this guy they may not be able to get him, prisoners aren’t even given clothes or rooms there. If he is dead it is because the guards allowed it.

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      On Saturday, the State Department told a judge that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father who was abducted to CECOT prison as an “administrative error,” is alive and still detained in El Salvador. A judge last week ordered the Trump administration to return him home to Maryland.

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