El Salvador president says deported Maryland man with alleged MS-13 ties can’t be brought back to US despite Supreme Court ruling: ‘Question is preposterous’ 

Ryan King / NEW YORK POST 

 

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele claimed Monday that he has no ability to send an alleged MS-13 member from Maryland deported to the Central American country back to the US despite a Supreme Court ruling directing the Trump administration to take “steps to facilitate” his return.

“I hope you are not suggesting that I smuggle terrorists into the United States,” Bukele told reporters while sitting alongside President Trump in the Oval Office. “Of course, I’m not going to do it.

“The question is preposterous,” Bukele added. “I don’t have the power to return him to the United States.”

Kilmar Abrego García was removed last month to the notoriously brutal and overcrowded Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) alongside about 260 suspected gang members under the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act.

In court documents, the Trump administration has alleged that Abrego Garcia is “confirmed to be a ranking member of the MS-13 gang by a proven and reliable source,” something his family denies. Read more and see video here.