Dirty cop claimed Abrego Garcia's a member of MS-13's 'Westerns clique' in New York, a state Garcia's never lived
In Abrego Garcia’s complaint, his attorneys wrote that they were never able to cross-examine the police detective who wrote the report because he was suspended soon after he interviewed Abrego Garcia. His allegation is the only evidence the government has ever produced to support its MS-13 claim.
The complaint doesn’t say who the detective was or why he or she was suspended. But a report from The New Republic has revealed him to be a 10-year police veteran named Ivan Mendez.
Mendez was suspended on April 3, 2019 for “providing information to a commercial sex worker who he was paying in exchange for sexual acts,” the department announced in a press release at the time.
Mendez nevertheless filled out a “Gang Field Interview Sheet” and wrote that a confidential informant had identified Abrego Garcia as a member of the MS-13 Westerns clique. The Westerns operated in New York, a state Abrego Garcia had never lived in.
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