Marco Rubio and Salvadoran president have been in touch about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, sources say

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

Marco Rubio and Salvadoran president have been in touch about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, sources say

By Priscilla Alvarez, Katelyn Polantz, Paula Reid and Alayna Treene, CNN
5 minute read
Updated 7:17 PM EDT, Wed April 30, 2025

(CNN) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele have been directly in touch about the detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the US mistakenly deported to El Salvador’s notorious megaprison, according to multiple sources familiar with the previously undisclosed discussions.

A US official also told CNN the Trump administration has been working closely with El Salvador and asked for Abrego Garcia’s return but insisted that Bukele has made clear that he’s not returning him to the US, citing an Oval Office meeting between Bukele and President Donald Trump this month.

It is unclear what the goal of the discussions was, however, as multiple officials told CNN the Trump administration is not seeking to return Abrego Garcia to the US or grant him any additional due process in either country.

The secretive seven-day pause in Abrego Garcia’s court case last week arose because a diplomatic resolution had become a possibility, according to other sources familiar with the matter. That pause expires Wednesday afternoon, a federal judge ruled.

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Related: Trump says he ‘could’ bring Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador, but won’t (CNN)

[dchill]

1. Oh great. Two crooked shitheads are talking.

What could go right. Don't even need a question mark.

[EarlG]

2. Okay cool so

now teeny tiny El Salvador is bossing America around and telling Trump what’s what.

Is Trump the weakest US president of all time?

“A US official also told CNN the Trump administration has been working closely with El Salvador and asked for Abrego Garcia’s return but insisted that Bukele has made clear that he’s not returning him to the US, citing an Oval Office meeting between Bukele and President Donald Trump this month.”