Senator Van Hollen Details Difficult Process to Meet Wrongly Deported Kilmar Abrego García

The Challenge of Securing a Meeting

• 📌 Senator Van Hollen faced significant obstacles in arranging a meeting with Kilmar Abrego García.
• 🚫 Initial requests to meet Kilmar, even by phone, were denied by Salvadoran officials, including the Vice President.
• ❌ Even attempts to have Kilmar's wife, mother, or lawyers communicate with him were met with refusal.

Attempted Visit to Secot Prison

• 🚗 Van Hollen, accompanied by Kilmar's wife's lawyer and mother, drove towards Secot prison, where Kilmar was held after abduction.
• 🚧 Soldiers stopped their vehicle approximately three kilometers from the prison, citing orders to prevent further progress.
• ❓ The soldiers claimed no knowledge of Kilmar Garcia's condition.

Unexpected Meeting Arrangement

• ✈️ As Van Hollen was preparing to depart San Salvador, he received word that a meeting would be permitted.
• 🏨 Kilmar Abrego García was subsequently brought to the hotel where the Senator was staying for the meeting.