Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele denied Kilmar Ábrego García’s allegations that he was beaten and tortured after being mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison. In March, Ábrego García was wrongly deported to the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo,

President Nayib Bukele, in a post on the social media platform X, wrote that Kilmar Abrego Garcia "wasn't tortured, nor did he lose weight," during his stint at a notorious El Salvador prison.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has cast aside allegations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten and subject to psychological torture in a Salvadoran prison.