In a video shared by the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be heard saying “gobierno corrupto,” which translates from Spanish as “corrupt government.”
The footage shows the Salvadoran man restrained while being escorted by an individual wearing a vest labeled “POLICE ICE.”
The DHS post on X accompanying the video states, “He doesn’t belong here. He won’t be staying here. America is a safer nation without this MS-13 Gangbanger in it. Good riddance.”
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The footage appears to have been recorded during Abrego Garcia’s arrest on Monday.
“On Monday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested Abrego Garcia in Maryland at an ICE processing center on federal immigration violations,” a DHS press release said, adding, “Abrego Garcia is being processed for removal from the U.S. to Uganda.”
The deportation to Uganda is now part of an ongoing legal dispute.
“Kilmar Abrego Garcia is not and will never be a Maryland Man – he is a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador and public safety threat,” a senior DHS official stated in the release. “President Trump and Secretary Noem are not going to allow this illegal alien – who is an MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, serial domestic abuser, and child predator – to terrorize American citizens any longer.”
Abrego Garcia does not have any criminal convictions, according to Politico and the Washington Post.
Earlier court filings have challenged claims linking him to MS-13.
“Plaintiff Abrego Garcia is not a member of or has no affiliation with Tren de Aragua, MS-13, or any other criminal or street gang,” the document filed by Abrego Garcia’s legal team stated.
