Bukele Says Deported Maryland Man Won’t Be Returned to US

Nayib Bukele and Donald Trump meet at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 14.

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El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said a Maryland man deported to the Central American country by President Donald Trump’s administration would not be returned, even as the Supreme Court has called for the US to facilitate his release.

Asked whether he would secure the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Bukele on Monday said he didn’t “have the power to return him to the United States.”