Bukele Trolls Dem Senator With ‘Margaritas’ for Deported Dad Kilmar Abrego Garcia

[ad_1] The president of El Salvador staged a cheerful photoshoot on a restaurant patio to show that the person mistakenly deported by the Trump administration is in good well being.

Nayib Bukele revealed Thursday night time the primary pictures of Kilmar Abrego Garcia since he was wrongfully shipped off to an El Salvador jail underneath President Donald Trump’s large deportation blitz.

The odd setting was an obvious jab at Democrats and others within the U.S. who had speculated wildly for days that Abrego Garcia might have been damage—or killed—throughout his incarceration within the nation’s notorious CECOT mega jail advanced.

“Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the ‘loss of life camps’ & ‘torture’, now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen within the tropical paradise of El Salvador!” Bukele stated in a submit on X. “Now that he’s been confirmed wholesome, he will get the honour of staying in El Salvador’s custody.”

Now that he’s been confirmed wholesome, he will get the honour of staying in El Salvador’s custody 🇺🇸🤝🏼🇸🇻 https://t.co/2xVt4SNOGn

— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) April 18, 2025

A sequence of pictures confirmed a freshly shaved Abrego Garcia donning a Kansas Metropolis Chiefs cap and a checkered prime with denims as he spoke with Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who earlier flew to El Salvador to satisfy the deportee.

They met in what seemed to be a restaurant patio, the place a desk held two wine glasses with salted rims and cherries on prime. Abrego Garcia had a cup of espresso on the aspect.

Van Hollen, for his half, ignored the showmanship of the photo-op and stated he was simply grateful to see Abrego Garcia alive and seemingly wholesome.

“I stated my fundamental objective of this journey was to satisfy with Kilmar. Tonight I had that probability,” Van Hollen stated on X. “I've known as his spouse, Jennifer, to go alongside his message of affection. I sit up for offering a full replace upon my return.”

I stated my fundamental objective of this journey was to satisfy with Kilmar. Tonight I had that probability. I've known as his spouse, Jennifer, to go alongside his message of affection. I sit up for offering a full replace upon my return. pic.twitter.com/U9y2gZpxCb

— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) April 18, 2025

“He’s alive” trended on X Thursday night time as folks reacted to the proof-of-life pictures.

Van Hollen flew to El Salvador on Wednesday to examine on Abrego Garcia’s well-being at CECOT, the place he was detained after being taken from his household in Maryland.

The Democratic senator stated he was initially denied entry to CECOT—although conservatives like Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem and West Virginia Rep. Riley Moore have been allowed inside to take pictures in entrance of cells filled with inmates.

“In the present day’s objective was simply to see what his well being situation is,” Van Hollen stated in a video on Wednesday. “As you may see, they’re (troopers) letting different automobiles go by however they stopped us as a result of they’re underneath orders to not enable us to proceed.”

We have been simply denied entry into CECOT — the infamous jail in El Salvador the place Mr. Abrego Garcia is being illegally held.

We have been there for one easy purpose: to examine on his well-being, which his household and legal professionals haven't been allowed to do. We received’t cease combating. pic.twitter.com/yG2b7N6Nvn

— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) April 17, 2025

In a gathering with President Donald Trump on Monday, Bukele rebuffed calls to deliver again Abrego Garcia to the U.S.

“How can I return him to america?” Bukele asked the press . “I smuggle him into america or what do I do? After all, I’m not going to do it. The query is preposterous.”

The Supreme Court docket agreed unanimously that the Trump administration should “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S. after the federal government admitted that it deported him resulting from an “administrative error.”

But Trump officers have ignored the calls to deliver again Abrego Garcia, arguing that he's a member of the worldwide felony gang MS-13.

“Primarily based on the sensationalism of lots of the folks on this room, you'd suppose we deported a candidate for Father of the Yr,” White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt scoffed at reporters in a fiery press briefing.

However not even the courts have been satisfied of Abrego Garcia’s ties to MS-13, which have been primarily based on him sporting Chicago Bulls merchandise and a confidential informant’s declare that he belonged to the gang’s clique in New York regardless of by no means having lived there.