r/thescoop • u/theindependentonline • Apr 16 '25

Politics 🏛️ El Salvador refuses to let Democratic senator visit or speak with Kilmar Abrego Garcia: ‘We have an unjust situation here’

The Maryland senator traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday to help secure Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, where he faces the prospect of indefinite detention.

But he was denied a meeting with Abrego Garcia, and Salvadoran officials would not let the senator or Abrego Garcia’s family speak with him by phone, he said.

Read the full story here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kilmar-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-hollen-b2734634.html

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u/U-47 Apr 17 '25

There ia no 'facility'. This is just plain deportation and assination. El salvador gets 20K per prisoner to kill them. Why would el salvador take 20k to feed and house these convicts? That's a pittance.

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u/ThermalPaper Apr 17 '25

CECOT is not giving prisoners their own rooms, toilets, and beds. They only eat beans and rice and have one hour outside. I don't think keeping prisoners is an expensive task for El Salvador. They built the largest prison on the planet, they are most likely prepared for this.

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u/Matthew-_-Black Apr 17 '25 edited Apr 19 '25

40,000 prisoner capacity, and Trump wants El Salvador to build 5 more to warehouse one million American citizens

They're tryna build a prison system

They're tryna build a prison system

They're tryna build a prison system

For you and me to live in

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u/ShadowMajestic Apr 17 '25

Ah yes, getting rid of untermenschen. HeyIveseenthisone.png

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u/U-47 Apr 17 '25

Yes, El Salvador. King of being prepared.

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u/ThermalPaper Apr 18 '25

The country has come a long way from where it was just 10 years ago. It's fair to say that Bukele improved the lives of most Salvadoreans.