Trump admin releases docs allegedly linking Kilmar Abrego Garcia to MS-13 gang

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Scripps News

Posted 1 hour and 34 minutes ago and last updated 1 hour and 30 minutes ago


The Trump administration has released numerous documents allegedly linking Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a Maryland man who was recently deported to El Salvador — to the notorious MS-13 gang. Attorney General Pam Bondi shared arrest records to social media Wednesday, which claim Abrego Garcia was identified as an active member of MS-13 after being arrested in 2019 in connection to a murder investigation.

One of the documents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security states that authorities made contact with Abrego Garcia and two other individuals outside of a Maryland Home Depot, and they all "freely admitted being citizens" of El Salvador and "were present in the United States illegally." They were all then taken into custody.

According to the Prince Georges County Police Department in Maryland, Abrego Garcia was wearing a Chicago Bulls hat at the time of his arrest, which allegedly symbolizes a "member in good standing" with MS-13. Authorities claim Abrego Garcia was also wearing a hoodie that symbolized what they describe as being "indicative" of Hispanic gang culture. The document then states that a confidential source confirmed to police that Abrego Garcia was an active member of MS-13.

He was ultimately charged with being in the U.S. illegally and had "no immigration history" at his time of arrest, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Abrego Garcia was one of over 200 individuals deported to El Salvador nearly one month ago. Despite his undocumented status, Abrego Garcia has an American wife and three children. Additionally, he had a court order protecting him from deportation to El Salvador due to credible fears for his life if he returned.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/trump-admin-releases-docs-allegedly-linking-kilmar-abrego-garcia-to-ms-13-gang

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Link to ARREST RECORDS (PDF) - https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1396906/dl?inline

So one "fitting the description" of MS-13 is someone "wearing a Chicago Bulls cap and a hoodie".

[C_U_L8R]

1. It's the coverup that gets them, every time

"Evidence". Yeah, sure.

And even if he was the Easter Bunny or a member of whatever gang... we have a Constitution and every person has rights.
Trump cannot just declare anyone a criminal based on his say so and then dole out whatever punishment tickles his fancy.

[Wednesdays]

34. This "evidence" is designed to rile up the mouth breathers.

It has nothing to do with legality or the Constitution.

[Karasu]

37. All of which is par for the course for this administration.

[regnaD kciN]

52. And it will, because due process and the presumption of innocence...

…only apply to WHITE people.

Most of said mouth-breathers believe (and, more to the point, have been trained to believe) that black and brown people are uncivilized savages: violent, criminal, and basically subhuman. They are a danger to all the “normal people” (guess what determines that), and therefore anything that protects said normal people is justified, even if it means turning a blind eye to any legal protections for the “virtual animals.”

[flamingdem]

35. They should be made to pay for these lies

Contempt!

[artemisia1]

61. It used to. Now there is no rule of law and nobody with power cares about coverups and holding people accountable. /nt

[RobinA]

73. Exactly

due process isn't just for innocent people

[LW1977]

2. Bullshit

[live love laugh]

29. Totally.

[cstanleytech]

3. Immaterial as he was still illegally deported.

[stillcool]

4. shared arrest records....

those ought to be real beauts...although who could check if they're legit?

[IbogaProject]

18. That cop was fired for misconduct

He leaked information to a prostitute, endangering witnesses, informants and active investigations. Some police departments are so dirty they are the main locus of criminal conduct. In Camden NJ, when it was one of the most dangerous cities, the city abolished the entire police department and then rehired only the ones with out issues. Their murder rate plummeted to very low levels. NewarK NJ had a similar success with firing the entire police force and starting over.

[stillcool]

23. wow. got no words for that.

I think I did see the story but didn't actually read it. Thank you!

[stillcool]

28. so the cop was with ICE and got fired?

I didn't think that was possible, unless you were a good guy.

Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man ICE mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison?
https://apnews.com/article/who-is-abrego-garcia-e1b2af6528f915a1f0ec60f9a1c73cdd
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, however, alleged that he was a certified gang member based on information that came from a confidential informant used by county police, records state.

According to Abrego Garcia’s attorneys in his current case, the criminal informant had alleged that Abrego Garcia belonged to an MS-13 chapter in New York, where he has never lived.

The information was enough for an immigration judge in 2019 to keep Abrego Garcia in jail as his immigration case continued, court records state. The judge said the informant was proven and reliable and had verified his gang membership and rank.

[IbogaProject]

68. The report and initial arrest were 2019

The "information" was from some alleged witness that a now fired corrupt non-federal cop reported. The county cop was fired for something separate.

[BumRushDaShow]

57. "the city abolished the entire police department"

Yeah that is when Crispy Creme had the (overstretched) Camden County police take over duties in the city. They were a poster child for what happens when you have decades of corrupt cops. And the city paid the price. Never thought I'd see the day, but Camden has made a great come-back.

[Attilatheblond]

54. Is the ink even dry yet?

[Lovie777]

5. Due process.....

[sheshe2]

6. If they had all this solid "evidence"...

then he should have been charged and tried. It is called due process and it is the law which THEY in fact broke!

[kkmarie]

62. And if they had

All this (bullshit made up) evidence why did they admit he was taken by mistake. That it was "an administrative error".

Once again they will convince 10s of millions that he was M13 and Krasnov has saved us from evil. And the news outlets will never play the clips or run the quotes of this Russian regime saying it was a mistake but tough shit.

[sheshe2]

67. IKR!

They are full of s**t!

[Diraven]

77. They're still calling him a terrorist

Every single day on Fox News

[unblock]

7. Wow, Chicago bulls cap and hoodies are evidence of being in ms-13!

Every time you think they've hit peak racism, they outdo themselves....

[BlueSpot]

75. At least we have a dress code for the protests n/t

[questionseverything]

8. If bulls swag and hoodies make you a gang member better arrest most of Illinois

Da bulls!!!!!!

[wiggs]

9. Arresting officer not credible. Questionable evidence. nt

[Autumn]

10. Damn. My grandson has a Chicago Bulls hat and he wears a hoodie.

Whatever will i do. Jesus fucking christ. How stupid do these people think we are.

[JohnSJ]

12. People are pretty stupid in this country, otherwise trump wouldn't be back in

the WH.

[FPGramma]

11. Why did they wait so long

To show any evidence, however Trump’d up. Fake news.

[louis-t]

13. He wears a Chicago Bulls cap.

BUT HE DOESN'T LIVE IN CHICAGO!!!! THE HORRORS!!!! I had that very argument with a maga nutcase today who believes Pam Bondi when she says "2 judges confirmed he was in a gang!!!" Except that's not what they said.

[TomSlick]

24. Well, surely anyone wearing a Bulls cap that does not live at least near Chicago is suspect - of something.

To the extent needed:

[tornado34jh]

14. Really? A Chicago Bulls hat? Wow, they are stupid

If that is the case, then gee, everyone who wears a New York Yankees cap/jersey must be part of one of the Five Families of New York City, right? Also, are they suggesting if someone who is black wears a backwards baseball cap it qualifies as them being in the gang culture? Seems very much like racial profiling.

[regnaD kciN]

15. "...in connection to a murder investigation..."

In other words, they were investigating a murder (which may have been tied to MS-13), and decided to stop a couple of Latino-looking people outside a Home Depot.

If they had any serious evidence he was a gang member, fine -- bring him back to the U.S., file charges against him, and take it to trial. I'm waiting...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

74. Latino-looking people outside a Home Depot

Probably looking for work as day laborers. You can see that outside of almost any Home Depot.

[MadLinguist]

16. Walking with Skittles

Laughing on the street
Selling loose cigarettes

[slightlv]

22. Your mind went where mine automatically went, too...

The hoodie was Trayvon's problem, too, it seemed. This falls into the camp of just making shit up to cover your ass and fool as many as you can fool. If you had a decent track record of treating people ethically, you might be able to slip something like this into the press and have some really believe it.

But when you've got a known penchant for lying every time your mouth moves, and have been shown (and admitted yourself) to falsifying documents to benefit yourself, no one with a functioning brain cell is going to believe you, dumbshit.

Proof of life! We demand proof of life... then bring him back and give him due process. Present your evidence and see if you can make a case that sticks. Allow him to face his accusers and make his case. It's an adversarial system. You ought to function just fine in that way... you're acting adversarial to everything that is life as it is.

[Cheezoholic]

17. Imagine if millions of us started dressing this way ;) n/t

[slightlv]

25. I actually like that idea.

Imagine if we'd adopt the bulls cap and a hoodie as the official "dress" whenever we protested. A sea of hoodies and ball caps at the front of all the state capitols. Hell, it beats what his brownshirts wear to their every demonstration! And it'd be a constant reminder of his terrorism to all people in America. The cap and hoodie on so many people at one time, being the hook that it is, would bring more eyes from the news on us, as well. And all of it a constant reminder being thrown back in trump's face that we will not allow the constitution to fall.

[live love laugh]

30. Everybody should get a bulls cap. Where we go one we go all .... or something like that.

[Prairie_Seagull]

47. In my opinion, this is a great idea.

Can you imagine, fathers, mothers and/or grandparents or even great-grandparents sporting a hoodie with a bulls cap. My kind of snark.

Probably both made in Chiiina

[Marthe48]

19. Sharpie much?

I can't trust anything the administration says or does.

[Aussie105]

20. We have evidence . . .

Last edited Wed Apr 16, 2025, 10:45 PM - Edit history (1)

I put that 'evidence' at the same level as that of Putin saying Ukraine invaded Russia, and Israel claiming the Palestinian dead were all Hamas operatives, supporters, or just up to no good.

In short - there is the MS-13 bad guy, arrest him, deport him, we will make up the 'evidence' for doing so later.

[Dan]

21. The problem as I see it, is this

Who trusts Trump, his DOJ, or really any part of his Administration. They are stained by their association with Trump and ridiculed because to be part of Trump’s orbit you have to lie, lie and lie again. And even worse, once caught in a lie, then you have to lie about the lie, you were lying about.

[CitizenZero]

26. No Due Process

If they had real evidence they should have had a hearing before deportation and presented it to a judge. This lack of due process is both criminal and stupid. Just because the Federal Government suspects someone is a gang member does not give them the right to summarily deport that person. The lawlessness of this "administration" is stunning. It is criminal and fascist. I do not trust their post hoc "evidence".

[Figarosmom]

27. "Arrested in connection to a murder

Investigation " but no follow up? No indictment or trial? Means nothing if he was just released. And the court order protecting him from deportation is more important than what some cops or homeland security goons say they "freely admitted".

[Javaman]

31. So what?

They are trying to justify taking away a man’s rights by pushing a false narrative.

Fucking fascists

[D. Spaulding]

32. So Homeland Security is now saying Garcia was found with "rolls of cash". This is where they got that from;

In the arrest report, this is what they reported he was wearing;

Officers then interviewed Kilmar Armando ABREGO-GARCIA. During the interview officers
Thursday, March 28, 2019 Page 2 of 3
Admitted: Exh . B4
observed he was wearing a Chicago Bulls hat and a hoodie with rolls of money covering the eyes, ears
and mouth of the presidents on the separate denominations.

That's right; the bozos in DHS, particularly Assistant Secretary Dept. of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin, glanced thru that report and the idiot was so eager to have some misinformation to spread, that she reported Garcia had
"drugs, and rolls of cash" on his person. How stupid are these folks?

[Baitball Blogger]

33. Let's hear from Abrego Garcia so we can make up our own minds.

[Botany]

36. I now have no doubt now that Garcia is dead and Krasnov's team is panicking.

And so this is a cover up is coming to up now. If he was guilty of this stuff how come no trial?

[Karasu]

38. Yep. And if he is dead, you know he's almost certainly not the only one.

[Botany]

42. Today was a real shit show of trying to put Senor Garca on trial with Bondi, Blondie McSpokesperson

… lying, and bringing on a mother who lost her daughter to an immigrant and trying to link that
to señor garcia somehow.


Blondie McSpokesperson also tried to link the the problems of breaking the rule of law and due
process to Joe Biden and the Democrat Party. Bondi tried to blame the media for this mess.

[Bluethroughu]

39. The whole country is full of Bulls hats, coats, jerseys

And AIR JORDANS...we've been overthrown!


Bring him back along with the other 250+ people! Enough is enough!

You are either with the Constitution or you are against it!

[ancianita]

40. "fitting the description" of MS-13 ..."wearing a Chicago Bulls cap and a hoodie" ...

Can't wait to see Judge Xinis' reaction when the govt team presents this to her with a straight face.

[Mblaze]

41. Then the Trump administration

Should feel comfortable that they would prevail in a hearing after they follow the Constitution and bring Garcia home.

[Wiz Imp]

43. So are Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen going to be deported to El Salvador next?

[angrychair]

44. So their evidence

Of him being in a gang is a hat and hearsay statement about him being in a gang in a place he has never lived?
Not even sure that's admissible in court.

[Wednesdays]

72. Again, see my post #34, above.

This is all for the court of public opinion, not for an actual criminal court.

[Hornedfrog2000]

45. They just need something they can point at

So their cultists can say trump showed evidence. Even though it never makes sense.

[AncientOfDays]

46. For the full story

Go to this site:
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/abrego-garcia-and-ms-13--what-do-we-know

Lengthy, but quite detailed.

Notes - the cop that first claimed Garcia was MS-13 was suspended because of misconduct just a few weeks later - in short, a corrupt cop

The trusted source (actually hearsay) claimed Garcia to be a member of a gang operating in New York - where Garcia had never been.

Now the latest is they're trying to claim he was an domestic abuser - haven't seen any actual evidence -- but if he goes on to rape and pedophilia he'll fit right in Republican culture.

[SunSeeker]

48. This "evidence" was already presented at an immigration hearing in 2019, and Kilmar was allowed to stay.

Abrego Garcia later received an immigration protection called withholding of removal. Granting that protection required the Department of Homeland Security to decide Abrego Garcia was not "a danger to the security of the United States," Bier said, quoting U.S. immigration law.

"The Trump administration did not appeal these determinations or the granting of withholding of removal," Bier said. "So at that time, it did not consider him a threat and no new evidence has been presented since then."

https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/apr/14/fact-checking-nayib-bukele-and-trump-officials-on/

The Trump administration never appealed that 2019 determination, so as Trump’s bestie Bukele would say, "Oopsie...too late "

[DallasNE]

59. So Trump 47 Is Saying

Trump 45 errored when they granted Garcia permanent status. Apparently they did not consider wearing a Chicago Bulls hat as evidence of gang activity. The evidence from 2019 has already been adjudicated by Trump 45 and Trump 47 offers no new evidence. So why is this such a hot button issue with Trump 47? Who is pressuring Trump on this matter and why?

[SunSeeker]

60. His ego has gotten into it. He can't admit Kilmar was wrongly deported.

And also, he wants to show he can disappear anyone he wants.

[LudwigPastorius]

50. Kafka is spinning in his grave.

[LuckyLib]

51. Brought to you by the same clowns who put together the

Trumpster’s medical records.

[Zackzzzz]

53. How stupid do they think we are.

Today, Patty Morin with Leavitt. Just another "showtime". RETURN MR. GARCIA.

[BidenRocks]

55. I thought of this song. It holds up.

&ab_channel=EricFaw

[Blue Full Moon]

56. So all Chicago Bulls fans who wear a hoodie are MS 13 members

Email the owner of the Chicago Bulls to ask him why fans should be harassed because they are wearing their merchandise

[EndlessWire]

58. What a nonexistent case

Is THAT all they have?? They think we're stupid. This is just a lame excuse to cover up the contempt of court they are facing. I am starting to agree that he must be dead, although I haven't yet read what the visiting Senator said. This makes no sense unless you consider how it looks overall. This one is on rump. He's responsible. He can prove he's not dead by bringing him back.

I don't care what any phony "informant" said. In 2019, a Judge said that there was no case there. He was a straight arrow working an apprentice job, with a wife and daughter. If there was anything more, Bondi should have released it. Defamation of a guy they did wrong. Morally corrupt people.

Snatching him was someone getting even for 2019. That's what I think.

[neohippie]

63. This circus is getting ridiculous

The evidence is complete bullshit.

Pam Bondi should know that in American courts and law being accused of something is not the same of being found guilty.

In America you are innocent until proven guilty. Now she trots out this supposed evidence. First of all a hat from one of the most popular sports teams and a hoody What a joke.

Then they claim that they have testimony from someone, well I could testify that this administration is criminal and treasonous

Then she claims that there were complaints about assault but if those charges were never taken to court and he was never found guilty then once again this is all just throwing crap on the wall to see if any of it sticks.

These people are trying to see if they can play us all as fools This judge is not going to buy the stories that they are selling and neither am I

If this man has no criminal convictions and they have nothing better than he wore a Chicago Bulls hat and a hoody or there was some kind of domestic disturbances then they need to stop playing games with the courts and stop acting in a completely lawless way and start following legal processes

They already admitted that mistakes were made, they tried to use the War act to suspend due process but were ordered that they couldn't because of the ALCU lawsuit. They disobeyed the immigration judges order from way back that forbid the US to deport him back to El Salvador. then disobeyed another court order that told them not to deport anyone on those planes and now they are disobeying the courts orders to provide information about who exactly disobeyed the orders and are found to be in criminal contempt

All the while they claim to be the party of law and order This is not justice this is the corrupt Department of Injustice This is not American values This is an assaults' on the rule of law and the US Constitution

This is the Dunning Kruger Effect in real life people who think that they are the smartest people in the room showing everyone that they are clearly not

[Raine1967]

64. 'Mistakenly deported' now has turned into he's a criminal?

This makes no sense.

He's the father of an autistic child, there is no way he'd have time to be in a gang.

[Vinca]

65. Of course, after all of this, Garcia doesn't have 34 felony convictions.

[John1956PA]

66. I worked at a parking lot loader at a Home Depot Store in a short-term position last spring.

As you can appreciate, a parking lot at The Home Depot is not an uncommon location for small groups of males of Mexican, El Salvadoran and Guatemalan origins to be present. They are present there as employees of contractors.

If a person is a member of a MS-13 gang, congregating at a parking lot of The Home Depot is not a logical activity.

[PortTack]

69. These are the same docs from 2019...which were found to be very thin!

It doesn’t f..king matter! The guy did NOT receive due process…period!

[TBF]

70. She is really scrambling - they must've killed him already.

This looks like damage control.

[LymphocyteLover]

71. what a freaking joke.... these people are only exceeded in their evil by their idiocy

[gab13by13]

76. Unbelievable posting of right wing propaganda.

with a link I might add.

[BumRushDaShow]

78. Here is the story on othet sites

NBC NEWS - New documents detail government's case that mistakenly deported man was a gang member

MSNBC NEWS - Trump officials attack Abrego Garcia’s personal life in push to defend removal

ABC NEWS - DOJ plans to appeal Abrego Garcia ruling, releases documents it says tie him to gang

News flash - Scripps goes back to 1878 (and has been the primary sponsor of that famous "Spelling Bee")

This was presented per COURT ORDER. Everything out of the 45 administration is bullshit RW propaganda but that doesn't mean that it can't be posted about when it is news that is impacting people.