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New audio reveals Abrego Garcia’s alleged maltreatment of his wife
National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez joins ‘America Reports’ to talk caller specifications astir deported migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, including audio alleging maltreatment toward his wife, and Democratic lawmakers’ continued support of his case.
Democrats rallying around forbidden migrant KIlmar Abrego Garcia are facing a communicative reckoning arsenic allegations of convulsive and criminal behaviour equine against nan man they made a poster kid successful nan conflict against President Trump's wide deportations.
In caller weeks, grounds has emerged that Abrego Garcia hit his woman and was caught trafficking migrants during his clip surviving illegally successful Maryland. He has since been deported to El Salvador, wherever respective Democrats, including Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, person rushed to meet pinch him and decry what they opportunity was a deficiency of owed process extended to him.
"The truth that they went to nan mat for this feline conscionable shows precisely who they are," Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said connected "Fox & Friends Weekend" connected Saturday. "That they are group who don't put America first. They don't attraction astir our citizens and protecting our communities. So, I'm gladsome that nan onion's been peeled backmost and that their existent motivations person been revealed, and this is conscionable 1 of nan cases that we're getting disconnected nan streets."
Van Hollen has led nan surge of Democrats walking to El Salvador since April, aft Abrego Garcia was deported to nan state successful March and sent to its notoriously high-security situation equipped to grip convulsive pack members, known arsenic CECOT. The Trump administration has many times cited tribunal and constabulary documents showing that nan El Salvadoran man was not only successful nan U.S. illegally, but besides connected to nan MS-13 pack and that his woman had sounded nan siren to constabulary astir his violence.
ABREGO GARCIA'S WIFE BEGGED JUDGE FOR PROTECTION ORDER, SAYING 'HE SLAPPED ME': AUDIO
President Donald Trump successful nan Oval Office holding a photograph of nan tattoos connected Abrego Garcia's knuckles that nan White House says are affiliated pinch nan MS-13 violent group. (Donald Trump TRUTH Social)
Democrats and nan media had characterized Abrego Garcia arsenic a "family man" and a "Maryland man" who was wrongly deported backmost successful March and nan pursuing weeks.
Van Hollen met past period pinch Abrego Garcia and advocated for his release, declaring that nan deportation risks "the law authorities of everyone who resides successful nan United States of America." Van Hollen's travel sparked different left-wing lawmakers to besides make nan travel south, including Reps. Yassamin Ansari of Arizona, Maxine Dexter of Oregon, Maxwell Frost of Florida and Robert Garcia of California past month. At 1 point, Dexter pledged to stay successful El Salvador until Abrego Garcia was brought backmost to nan U.S.
But Democrats person gone mostly silent amid a flood of recently unearthed grounds against Abrego Garcia.
'I AM AFRAID': ANOTHER PROTECTIVE ORDER FILING AGAINST DEPORTED ‘MARYLAND MAN’ CHAMPIONED BY DEMS SURFACES
In this handout provided by Sen. Van Hollen's Office, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) meets pinch Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (L) astatine an undisclosed location connected April 17, 2025, successful San Salvador, El Salvador. Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident, was illegally deported by nan Trump management and has been held successful situation successful El Salvador since March 15. (Sen. Van Hollen's Office via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital exclusively reported connected Thursday that caller tribunal records show Abrego Garcia's wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, revenge a protective bid against her hubby successful August of 2020. The bid said their shared boy and stepchildren needed protection from Abrego Garcia, accusing him of verbal and beingness maltreatment against her and intelligence maltreatment against her children.
The protection shape described an incident successful November 2019 erstwhile Abrego Garcia allegedly grabbed Vasquez Sura "by nan hairsbreadth successful nan car," "dragged" her "out of car and near [her] successful nan street." She wrote that he besides "broke" her son’s tablet, "broke doors" successful nan house, pushed her against a wall, collapsed a telephone and a tv and damaged nan walls that spring.
TENNESSEE BODYCAM OF 'MARYLAND MAN' TRAFFIC STOP SHOWS TROOPERS' HANDS TIED DESPITE SMUGGLING CLUES
Audio recordings allegedly of Vasquez Sura asking for nan protection bid successful 2020 person besides surfaced.
"On Wednesday, he deed me, for illustration astir like, 3 successful nan morning, he would conscionable aftermath up and like, deed me," Vasquez Sura told nan tribunal successful nan recordings, Fox Digital antecedently reported.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia postulation stop (Tennessee Highway Patrol)
Vasquez Sura said that while she was trying to flight Abrego Garcia, she saw a neighbour stepping their canine and screamed "help." Vasquez Sura said Abrego Garcia past "grabbed maine from my hair, and past he slapped me."
Vasquez Sura asked for nan petition to beryllium rescinded, however, saying her family wanted to return portion successful their son's birthday, and Abrego Garcia "also agreed to proceed counseling and if not [he's] consenting to motion divorcement papers."
The 2020 protective bid is nan 2nd publicly-known bid revenge against Abrego Garcia. Vasquez Sura revenge a abstracted protective petition against her hubby successful 2021, accusing him of many times hitting her.
"At this point, I americium acrophobic to beryllium adjacent to him. I person aggregate photos/videos of really convulsive he tin beryllium and each nan bruises he [has] near me," she told a Prince George’s County, Maryland, court, Fox Digital antecedently reported.
"In November 2020, he deed maine pinch his activity boot," she added of nan alleged attacks. "In August 2020, he deed maine successful nan oculus leaving a purple eye."
DEM SENATOR SAYS ABREGO GARCIA SITUATION 'NOT GOING TO END WELL' FOR TRUMP, ARGUES HE'S 'UNDERMINING' FREEDOM
His wife, however, has since publically defended him and addressed nan home unit allegations pursuing nan revelation of nan first protective bid request.
Department of Justice attorneys connected Friday said they are unaware of Maryland migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia's whereabouts aft he was deported to a Salvadoran situation past month. (Fox news)
"After surviving home unit successful a erstwhile relationship, I acted retired of be aware pursuing a disagreement pinch Kilmar by seeking a civilian protective order, successful lawsuit things escalated. Things did not escalate, and I decided not to travel done pinch nan civilian tribunal process. We were capable to activity done nan business privately arsenic a family, including by going to counseling," she said successful a connection past month.
The Trump management and conservatives person travel retired successful afloat unit condemning Democrats for supporting an illegal migrant accused of pack ties, quality trafficking and home violence. Trump designated convulsive gangs specified arsenic MS-13 and Tre de Aragua arsenic violent organizations successful his 2nd administration.
"I deliberation it’s bizarre that you spot these Democrat politicians making a visit down location … to beryllium location pinch this guy, because I ne'er person seen those Democrat politicians meet pinch angel moms who’ve mislaid kids because of forbidden alien crime," Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said connected Fox News past week.
MARYLAND GOVERNOR SAYS HE WON'T TRAVEL TO EL SALVADOR FOR ABREGO GARCIA
"This is simply a personification that was a clear and coming threat to nan information of nan American people. And it is … a sad reflection connected nan authorities of our media and galore of nan outlets represented successful this room that you obsessively effort to shill for this MS-13 terrorist. Well, nary sum occurred successful your papers astir immoderate of nan Americans that were raped and tortured and murdered by nan illegals that Biden was importing into our country," White House lawman main of unit Stephen Miller said during a White House property briefing connected Thursday.
Democrats person amplified nan statement that nan Trump management has thwarted Abrego Garcia's correct to owed process amid nan mounting grounds that nan so-called "Maryland Man" was wrongfully deported.
California Sen. Alex Padilla told CNN past week that Democrats are much focused connected Abrego Garcia's owed process and ensuring he receives a adjacent tribunal battle, and not connected nan individual.
"I deliberation our defense present has a small spot little to do pinch him individually and much nan process," Padilla said. "The deficiency of owed process that this management continues to enactment with. The laws are clear successful this country, moreover if you are undocumented, you person nan correct to owed process."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries allegedly called connected Democrats past week to slow their visits to and comments regarding El Salvador, though his agency vehemently denied he made specified a petition to colleagues, saying "House Democrats will ne'er extremity fighting for nan merchandise of Mr. Abrego Garcia."
Fox News Digital reached retired to Jeffries' and Padilla's offices for remark connected Sunday regarding nan ongoing condemnation from conservatives and nan Trump management complete Democrats advocating connected behalf of Abrego Garcia and Padilla's comments outlining really nan statement is moving to protect owed process, but did not instantly person replies.
DEPORTED ‘MARYLAND MAN’ CHAMPIONED BY DEMS WAS PULLED OVER DRIVING CAR BELONGING TO HUMAN SMUGGLER
While Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar told a Daily Caller newsman past week, "I deliberation you should f--- off" erstwhile asked whether she believed that much Democrats should recreation to El Salvador to advocator for Abrego Garcia.
Abrego Garcia entered nan U.S. illegally from his location state of El Salvador successful 2011 and was issued a deportation bid successful 2019, Fox News Digital antecedently reported.
President Donald Trump speaks pinch reporters astatine nan White House. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Abrego Garcia was suspected of partaking successful labor/human trafficking, according to a 2022 Homeland Security Investigations study antecedently obtained by Fox News. The study besides stated that "official rule enforcement investigations" revealed that Abrego Garcia was a personnel of nan notorious pack MS-13, which Trump has designated as a panic organization.
Abrego Garcia was pulled complete by a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper connected Dec. 1, 2022, aft he spotted nan car speeding and not remaining successful its lane, according to nan Homeland Security Investigations report.
The trooper noticed 8 individuals successful nan car pinch Abrego Garcia, who said he had begun driving 3 days anterior from Houston to Temple Hills, Maryland, via St. Louis to "perform building work," Fox Digital antecedently reported. The study states that nan trooper suspected nan group was progressive pinch a quality trafficking incident, arsenic location was nary luggage successful nan vehicle.
Documents further revealed that Abrego Garcia was driving a achromatic 2001 Chevrolet Suburban that he said belonged to his "boss." The Suburban was identified by nan Department of Homeland Security arsenic belonging to Hernandez Reyes, who pleaded blameworthy to quality smuggling aft being caught successful Mississippi successful a car pinch passengers from Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras, Fox Digital antecedently reported.
DEPORTED ILLEGAL ALIEN AND SUSPECTED MS-13 GANG MEMBER TRANSFERRED FROM NOTORIOUS EL SALVADORAN MEGA-PRISON
Body camera video, obtained by Fox News Digital done a nationalist records petition past week, showed nan Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers pulling complete Abrego Garcia, who had 8 different individuals successful his car.
"How galore rows person you sewage successful here? Four seats? Four rows of seats?" a authorities trooper tin beryllium heard saying successful nan video. "Did y'all put an other 1 in? Huh? Did yall put different 1 successful no? They travel for illustration this I've ne'er seen 1 pinch that galore seats successful it."
Abrego Garcia's ineligible squad responded to nan caller bodycam footage successful a remark to Fox Digital connected Sunday, saying it did not represent grounds of a crime.
"I person represented Kilmar Abrego Garcia for much than a month, and this bodycam video is the first time I’ve heard his voice. He has been denied nan astir basal protections of owed process—no telephone telephone to his lawyer, nary telephone to his woman aliases child, and nary opportunity to beryllium heard," Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, nan lead lawyer for nan case.
"As an attorney, I spot nary grounds of a crime successful this footage. But nan constituent is not nan postulation stop—it’s that Mr. Abrego Garcia deserves his time successful court. Bring him backmost to nan United States, return him earlier nan aforesaid migration judge who heard his lawsuit successful 2019, and fto him speak for himself," Sandoval-Moshenberg continued.
Gang members successful a compartment astatine nan Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) successful Tecoluca, successful San Vicente, El Salvador connected April 4, 2025. ((Photo by Alex Pena/Anadolu via Getty Images))
"He's hauling these group for money," 1 authorities trooper said.
The Homeland Security Investigations study besides notes that successful October 2019, nan Prince Georges County Police Gang Unit identified Abrego Garcia arsenic a personnel of MS-13.
NEW AUDIO REVEALS ABREGO GARCIA’S ALLEGED ABUSE OF HIS WIFE
The deportation has been wrapped up successful tribunal proceedings since March, pinch a Maryland national judge ordering nan Department of Justice to "take each disposable steps to facilitate" his return to nan U.S., which was a ruling upheld by an appeals tribunal and nan U.S. Supreme Court.
The Trump administration, however, contends that it "cannot guarantee occurrence successful delicate world negotiations" pinch El Salvador to unafraid nan release.
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"The United States does not power nan sovereign federation of El Salvador, nor tin it compel El Salvador to travel a national judge’s bidding," Solicitor General John Sauer wrote successful nan Trump administration’s Supreme Court petition past month, nan New York Post reported.
Fox News' Stepheny Price, Peter Pinedo, Michael Dorgan and Adam Sabes contributed to this report.
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