Hearing set for a man Trump administration accidentally sent to notorious El Salvador jail

A federal judge is scheduled to hold a hearing Friday in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man the Trump administration admitted it accidentally sent to a notorious megajail in El Salvador.

A federal judge is scheduled to hold a hearing Friday in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man the Trump administration admitted it accidentally sent to a notorious megajail in El Salvador.

Garcia — a protected legal resident who has been living in Maryland since 2011 and is originally from El Salvador — was sent to El Salvador on March 15 because of what the Trump administration called an “administrative error” in court filings Monday.

Garcia and his wife — Jennifer Stefania Vasquez Sura, who is a U.S. citizen — filed a lawsuit last week asking that the judge order the government to return him to the United States. Sura addressed reporters ahead of the hearing scheduled for 1 p.m. ET Friday in Greenbelt, Maryland.

"Kilmar, if you can hear me, I miss you so much," Sura said through tears. "And I’m doing the best to fight for you and our children.

In their lawsuit, the couple, who have a 5-year-old son, are also asking the government to cease payments to the operators of the maximum-security Terrorist Confinement Center where he is detained, known by its Spanish acronym CECOT.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-trump-accidentally-sent-el-salvador-hearing-rcna199582

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