What he claims and what we know

The 29 -year -old Kilmar Alago Garcia case of El Salvador, who was deported from the United States in March, has pushed a legal confrontation with the administration immigration policy.

Judges have spent the way before the United States Supreme Court that Mr. Abgo Garcia had been mistakenly deported and that the US government should help “facilitate” his return to his home in Maryland.

But the White House accused Mr. Alago Garcia of being a member of the Salvadorian Gang of Patriotic MS-13, a dedicated foreign terrorist organization, saying he “will never live” in the United States again.

Mr. Abjo Garcia denies that he is a member of the gang and did not owe any crime.

BBC Verify examined court documents and public records to determine what is known-which is still unknown-on Mr. Abrego Garcia and his alleged relationships with MS-13.

Mr. Abjo Garcia admitted that the United States illegally entered in 2012, According to court documents.

In March 2019, he was arrested with three other people in Hyattsville, Maryland, in the parking lot at the home warehouse.

Prince George District Police Department officers said that the men “hang out”, then identified Mr. Alago Garcia and two others as members of the MS-13.

In a document entitled “The Field Interview Paper”, the local police detailed their observations.

They said that Mr. Abro Garcia was wearing “a hat in Chicago Bulls and a shell with rolls of money covering the eyes, ears and mouth of the presidents on the separate sects.”

The officers claimed that the clothes were “an indication of the culture of gangs of Spanish origin” and that “wearing the Chicago Bowles hat represents Thai (which) are a member of a good position with MS-13”.

“At some point, the Chicago Bulls logo with pods has become a position of some kind of Devil Horns MS-13 symbol,” said Stephen Dodley, a journalist and author who spent years in the MS-13 gang study.

He added that wearing the very famous basketball team logo is of course not exclusive to the gang.

“Any assurances about gangs affiliation should be confirmed by a testimony, criminal history and other confirmed evidence,” said Mr. Dodley.

According to the field interview paper and other court documents, the officers said that they also advised by a “proven and reliable source” that Mr. Abjo Garcia was an active member of “Western Clique” from MS-13, with the rank of “CheQueo”.

However, Mr. Dudley says that “Chequeo” is not a rank but it is used instead to refer to recruits who have not yet started.

Lawyers of Mr. Abugo Garcia Argue The “Gharbia” is based in New York, where they say that their client has never lived. According to government documents, he rejected the information provided to the police against him as “rumors.”

According to his lawyerMr. Abrego Garcia has not been convicted of any criminal crime, including the gang membership, in the United States or in El Salvador. He lived in the United States for 14 years, had three children and worked in construction, according to court records.

But the judge who chaired his case 2019 He said this based on secret informationThere was sufficient evidence to support the membership of the gang of Mr. Abrego Garcia. This result was later Another judge supported.

As a result, Mr. Abrojgo Garcia refused the guarantee and remained in the reservation. During this time, he applied for asylum to prevent his deportation to El Salvador.

In October 2019, he obtained an order to “block removal”, Court documents show A different state of asylum, but it prevented the US government from returning it to El Salvador because it may face harm.

Mr. Abo Garcia’s lawyers say he has been granted the situation Based on his “founding” fear of persecution By Barrio-18, the main gang competing from MS-13.

He said that before entering the United States, his family and actions were threatened and extorted by Bario 18.

Since 2019, when he was released by protection, Mr. Abo Garcia’s lawyers say he had annual checks with immigration officials, which he attended “without failure and without an accident.”

Mr. Abrego Garcia faced at least two other claims of criminal activity, none of them condemned.

In 2021, his wife, Jennifer Vasquiz, surah, presented a protective seam against him, claiming that he had physically attacked her on multiple occasions, According to the documents shared by the US Department of Internal Security.

Mrs. Vasquez Surah said in a statement on April 16 that she decided not to follow the court’s operation at that time and that she and her husband “were able to work through this position separately as a family, including going to consultation.”

She described her husband as a “loving partner and father” and has repeatedly denied that he was a member of the MS-13 gang.

On April 15, the White House press secretary Caroline Levitte, Mr. Alago Garcia, was accused of being involved in human trafficking.

It seemed to refer to a report in Tennesee Star, a conservative news site, and he claimed that Mr. Abrego Garcia detained a periodic officer in the fast Tennesse on suspicion of his human trafficking in December 2022.

A report issued by the Ministry of Internal Security said that it stopped speed and not staying in its neighborhood.

The report said that there were eight other people in the car without luggage, which prompted the officer to doubt that it might be the case of human trafficking.

However, there was no criminal case against Mr. Alago Garcia.

“Kilmar has worked in construction and sometimes being transferred in some workers among the work sites, so it is completely reasonable that he would have driving him while driving with others in the car,” said Jennifer Vasquiz Sourra, the wife of Mr. Abigo Garcia.