Maryland Sen Van Hollen meets Kilmar Ábrego García in El Salvador

But Salvadoran President Bukele says Kilmar Ábrego García - who is at the centre of a US court battle - will stay in custody.

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Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen posted photos with Kilmar Ábrego García, as the administration continues to resist his return to the US despite yet another court ruling against the government on Thursday.

After the meeting, which appeared to take place in a hotel, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said the detainee would remain in the country's custody.

The White House has accused Mr Ábrego García of being a member of the transnational Salvadoran gang MS-13, a designated foreign terrorist organisation, which his lawyer denies.

In a post on his social media site Truth Social the morning after the meeting, Trump said Van Hollen "looked like a fool yesterday standing in El Salvador begging for attention from the Fake News Media, or anyone".

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