DHS reveals evidence supporting Abrego Garcia’s MS-13 ties

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The Trump administration on Wednesday released documents containing evidence to support Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s membership in the violent MS-13 gang, bolstering its messaging fight about keeping him out of the United States despite mistakenly deporting the Salvadoran native to a prison in his home country.

Abrego Garcia was apprehended by law enforcement in Maryland in the presence of other known MS-13 members, was wearing clothing affiliated with MS-13, and was identified as a member of MS-13 by an informant who had “provided truthful accurate information in the past,” according to the documents.

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