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Alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, deported by Trump admin to El Salvador megaprison, accused of physically abusing wife â€?who’s fiercely advocating for his return
Alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador’s notorious megaprison, was previously accused of physically abusing his wife who has been fiercely advocating for his release.
Garcia’s wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, applied for a protective order against her husband in 2021, saying he punched, scratched and grabbed her �with some of the alleged abuse so severe she was left with bruises and bleeding, according to court documents.
In the petition for the order, Vasquez Sura laid out the horrifying allegations that happened in front of their then-infant on May 4, 2021.
“I was watching on my laptop, and he yelled at me to turn it off, I told him I wasn’t sleepy, he got angry, reached over shut and threw my laptop on the floor, and the baby started to cry because he was putting pressure on him, my [immediate] reaction was to push him off of us, and he then punched, [scratched] me on my left eye, leaning me bleeding,�she detailed in her own handwriting,
She also accused him of ripping her shorts and shirt during another explosive argument later that day, according to the document.
“I ran to the bathroom, he [ran] behind me grabbed me by my arm,�she claimed.
“I have marks on my left arm as well.�/p>
She added she was “afraid to be close to him,” per the petition.
Vazquez Sura also alleged Abrego Garcia hit her at least two times in 2020, including in November, when he hit her with his boot, and in August his alleged abuse left her with a “purple eye.�/p>
The Department of Homeland Security , saying they are evidence that Abrego Garcia “had a history of violence and was not the upstanding ‘Maryland Man�the media has portrayed him as.�/p>
“This MS-13 gang member is not a sympathetic figure,�DHS said.
Vasquez Sura told The Post Wednesday that when she asked for protection from Abrego Garcia in 2021 she was “acting out of caution after a disagreement with Kilmar �in case things escalated�after she survived domestic abuse “in a previous relationship.�/p>
“Things did not escalate, and I decided not to follow through with the civil court process. We were able to work through this situation privately as a family, including by going to counseling,�she said.
“Our marriage only grew stronger in the years that followed. No one is perfect, and no marriage is perfect.�/p>
The alleged gangbanger’s wife argued that Abrego Garcia’s alleged abuse “is not a justification for ICE’s action of abducting him and deporting him to a country where he was supposed to be protected from deportation,�adding that “Kilmar has always been a loving partner and father, and I will continue to stand by him and demand justice for him.�/p>
Vasquez Sura spoke to a crowd of protesters outside a courthouse following a hearing tied to the case Tuesday, saying that her husband was a hard-working man trying to achieve the American dream for his family before he was “abducted and disappeared�by ICE agents in front of their 5-year-old child.
“I find myself pleading with the Trump administration and the Bukele administration to stop playing political games with the life of Kilmar,�said Vasquez Sura.
“Today is 34 days after this disappearance �I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive.�/p>
Attorney General Pam Bondi released more evidence Thursday about Abrego Garcia’s alleged ties to MS-13, including his street name was “Chele.�/p>
A previous reliable source told Prince George County police in March 2019 that Abrego Garcia was an active gang member with the Westers clique, according to a gang interview field sheet.
A federal judge on Thursday ruled against a push to hold federal officials in contempt for violating an order to return the alleged MS-13 gangbanger, who was deported despite an administrative error, to the US.
Still, US District Judge Paula Xinis warned government officials against further “gamesmanship�in the case.
Despite a “clerical error�nbsp;in Abrego Garcia’s deportation, the White House has asserted that the Salvadoran citizen should stay in El Salvador.
The Trump administration loaded Abrego Garcia onto a deportation flight with 260 other reputed gang members under the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act.
The feds claim Abrego Garcia is a member of the violent MS-13 gang and that he was in the country illegally �despite never being charged with a crime.
His deportation went against a 2019 order blocking the feds�ability to remove him to El Salvador on the grounds he was at risk of retaliation from rival gangs, like Barrio 18.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador to push for Abrego Garcia‘s release, but was blocked from visiting the detainee.
The mother of slain Maryland woman Rachel Morin slammed the Democratic lawmaker for worrying about Abrego Garcia while not acknowledging how her daughter was killed by an illegal migrant in 2023.
