A 29 -year -old Maryland man’s wife Who was deported by mistake By the Trump Administration to El Salvador, the last Monday presented a protection order against him in 2021 about accusations of domestic violence, Acorders to the judicial records obtained by CBS Newsday.
Jennifer Vásquez searched and received a temporary protection order against Kilmar Abrego García in May 2021, according to the Court records presented in the Prince George County District Court.
The National Security Department published a document on Wednesday that said it was the case, which alleged that Abrego García “hit and scratched” Vásquez “,” her shirt “started, grabbed it and fueled it.”
At that time, the judge in the case ordered Abrego García not to contact Vásquez, vacant his home and stay away from the house of another family member. He was also ordered to deliver firearms.
However, the case was dismissed in June 2021 after Vásquez did not appear for a final hearing, according to judicial records. The two lived together again.
In a statement, it provides CBS News on Wednesday night, Vásquez confirmed to seek the court order.
“After surviving domestic violence in a previous relationship, I acted as a precaution after a disagreement with Kilmar when looking for a civil protection order in case things intensify,” Vásquez said. “Things did not intensify, and I decided not to follow the Civil Court. We could overcome this situation in private as a family, even go to advice. Our margin. No. GRW ISONGE in the years. Perfect.
Vásquez is an American citizen and Abrego García is a Salvadoran citizen.
The Trump administration has admitted that a “administrative error“It led to the deportation of Abrego García March 15. The case has caused a series of legal disputes that reached the Supreme Court, which last week Confirmed a decision of the lower court that the Trump administration must “facilitate” its release.
Despite the ruling of the Supreme Court, the case seems to languish. American District Judge Paula Xinis He has repeatedly rebuked The Trump administration by Stonewallingla and not fulfilling its order to provide information about people and facilitate their return to the United States.
Abrego García was among 238 Venezuelan migrants and 23 Salvadorans who were placed aboard three deportation flights on March 15 to El Salvador after the White House alleged, often without evidence, that men are members of transnational gangs.
President Trump invoked war time 1798 Act of alien enemies As justification to deport many of the migrants to El Salvador. Another federal judge who had ordered that the three flights to El Salvador be changed Found on Wednesday That there was a probable cause to keep the Trump administration in criminal contempt for defining their orders.
According to reports, men are being heroes in the famous Supermax Salvadoran prison, known as Cecot, under an agreement with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.
Duration a White House Meeting With Mr. Trump on Monday, Bukele told journalists that he would not return to Abrego García to the United States, and the United States attorney general, Pam Bondi, said that same day that “it depends on El Salvador if they want to return.”
Abrego García arrived illegally in the United States in 2011 when he was 16 years old.
In 2019, he was arrested by the application of immigration and customs, but an immigration judge prohibited his removal from the United States after determining that he could face the persecution by the gangs if he were deported to El Salvador. The judge granted him what is known as “elimination retention status.”
He was arrested again on March 12 after a traffic stop. Citing information from an informant that officials have said that he is credible, the Department of National Security claimed that Abrego García is a member of the MS-13 gang, a claim that his family and lawyers deny. Abrego García has no criminal record in the United States or El Salvador, according to government documents.
In an interview With CBS News earlier this month, Vásquez said Abrego García “is not a criminal. My husband is an incredible person. An incredible father.”
Camilo Montoya-Galvez, Jacob Rosen,
and Melissa Quinn contributed to this report.