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Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was beaten and subjected to psychological torture in El Salvador jail

Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in the notorious El Salvador prison the Trump administration had deported him to in March, according to court documents filed Wednesday.

He said he was kicked and hit so often after arrival that by the following day, he had visible bruises and lumps all over his body. He said he and 20 others were forced to kneel all night long and guards hit anyone who fell.

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This is exactly why they didn’t want him to return, and charged him the minute he landed. This story will be testimony for the cruel and unusual punishment that the US has subjected 275+ migrants to with the deportations to CECOT. We just need them to get it in front of SCOTUS.
I also can’t imagine this will bode well for Bukele, given that El Salvador is a member of the ICC, and these actions are very clearly forbidden by the Rome Statute.
- We just need them to get it in front of SCOTUS.
  ...you're joking, right? It's clear whose side they're on and it isn't the side of "I'm worried what history books will say about me." There's only three sane justices out of nine.
  
  reading their scathing dissents is one of the things that helps me stay sane; god bless the work they do--I don't know how I'd put up with going to work having to deal with blatant gaslighting for the rest of my life
  
  Who knows with the SC? They throw out a reasonable judgement every 3rd or 4th time. Sort of like insurance companies, gotta pay some claims to get good reviews.
- Ten bucks nothing happens.
  
  No thanks. I don't need to waste my money.
- We just need them to get it in front of SCOTUS.
  What do you think that would accomplish? Case gets to SCOTUS, SCOTUS rules the administration was 100% correct, they are all terrorists, and anyone who defended them is also able to be denaturalized and deported to CECOT.
His own lawyer requested to keep him in jail because they fear the moment he is released he will be immediately deported again.
Our system is so broken that sitting in jail is preferable to being on release because of DHS.
- Not voting will surely help.
  
  Its nice when people make it obvious you should just block them.
  
  That's true. Unfortunately the Democrats have been practically useless but as I'm beginning to see they have always been kind of practically useless
Remember when Trump swore he was a member of "MS13" and our "news media" helped him out by publishing obviously photoshopped pictures of his hands with "MS13" tattooed on his knuckles?
Let's get some follow-up pictures of his hands and see if that tattoo is still there.
- They weren't even photoshopped. They were literally just indicating the meaning of each tattoo. Which they of course said were MS13.
  
  With respect, you are wrong.
I feel so bad for this man, because even if he's acquitted of all the charges, the insane right wingers will never let him have peace. They'll hound him and his family forever.
Heck, even if he is guilty and the jury determines as such, it's still not an excuse to torture him to death either.
- Too many Americans seriously believe failure to carry state documentation makes you legally a non-person. And being undocumented while brown flags you as part of an invading army.
  He's no better than an Arab, a Russian, or one of the dreaded Chinese and deserves to die in misery as an example to others
It's a torture camp, explicitly known for being a torture camp, and used by Trump's administration for that purpose.
"Coming to the US? We might pay El Salvador to torture you."
So many people will hopefully sue and get settlements down the line, i just wish the global community could punish the US for all this bullshit
- If a Presidential candidate ran on the platform of "we're going to join the Hauge, and give up our veto power at the UN" I would vote for them.
  
  Eh... We just need to get rid of veto powers and have an actual enforcement arm.
  
  Speedrun to getting assassinated by the CIA
- Can't sue. They were "official acts". So, everyone in the federal government who is a Reich Winger has qualified immunity for anything they do.
  
  The official acts ruling refers only to criminal charges, not civil suits. (afaik, idoanal, etc)
  
  You don't have to be on the Left to not be on the Reich
  I feel like a lot of people miss this point
  
  Nuremberg
  
  The supreme court's ruling about official acts only applies to the president. (The president does have pardon powers for others, but pardon powers aren't new.)
- This problem was made by the US for the US. World cannot save US from themselves. Just as US does not have any jurisdiction over El Salvador. They are just exploiting it for personal psychopathy. Which is a step beyond even Hitler.

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