Abrego Garcia transferred to El Salvador facility with own bed and furniture [View all]

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By Tara Lynch
Updated on: April 21, 2025 / 6:57 AM EDT / CBS Baltimore

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the Trump administration said was deported to El Salvador because of an "administrative error," is now being detained at a lower security facility in Santa Ana, El Salvador, according to Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen.

Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old Salvadoran national who lived in Maryland, was transferred from the notorious CECOT prison to the administration building at Centro Industrial, where he has his own room with a bed and furniture, rather than a prison cell, according to a court filing that cited Van Hollen's remarks.

On Sunday, the U.S. State Department said in an update to the federal district court in Maryland that Abrego Garcia was moved to the facility eight days before Van Hollen met with him in El Salvador last week.

Federal Judge Paula Xinis ordered the government to provide daily status updates on Abrego Garcia's condition and location ...

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-transferred-el-salvador-maryland-van-hollen/

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	How could you object to being imprisoned in El Salvador if you get your own bed and furniture?
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	I think I would still prefer to send Elon to Mars
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	Whenever anybody visits you from Congress, you earn points towards a weekend at our Centro Industrial spa resort!
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