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WH: Man Deported in Error Was MS-13 Gang Member

A Maryland resident deported to El Salvador as a result of “an administrative error” was a member of the MS-13 gang, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday.

lmer Armado Abrego-Garcia was last known to be at a notorious prison in El Salvador known as CECOT. Leavitt said while his deportation may have been a clerical error, Abrejo-Garcia was a leader of the criminal gang.

“The administration maintains the position that this individual who was deported to El Salvador and will not be returning to our country was a member of the brutal and vicious MS-13 gang,” Leavitt said. “We also have credible intelligence proving that this individual was involved in human trafficking. This individual was a member, actually a leader, of the brutal MS-13 gang, which this president has designated as a foreign terrorist organization.”

Leavitt said reports that Abrejo-Garcia was a family man leaving in a peaceful life are false.

“This individual is an illegal criminal who broke our nation’s immigration laws. He is a leader in the brutal MS-13 gang, and he is involved in human trafficking. And now MS-13 is a designated foreign terrorist organization,” Leavitt said.

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