Alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, who was deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison, was previously accused of physically abusing his wife who has been fiercely advocating for his release.
Garcia’s wife, Jennifer Vasquez, applied for a protective order against her husband in 2021, saying he punched, scratched, grabbed and bruised her, according to court documents.
The Department of Homeland Security shared Vazquez’s allegations on X, saying it’s evidence Garcia “had a history of violence and was not the upstanding ‘Maryland Man’ the media has portrayed him as.”
“This MS-13 gang member is not a sympathetic figure,” DHS said.
Lawyers representing Garcia didn’t respond to requests to respond to the previous allegations.
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