Abrego Garcia transferred to El Salvador facility with own bed and furniture

[struggle4progress]

By Tara Lynch
Updated on: April 21, 2025 / 6:57 AM EDT / CBS Baltimore

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the Trump administration said was deported to El Salvador because of an "administrative error," is now being detained at a lower security facility in Santa Ana, El Salvador, according to Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen.

Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old Salvadoran national who lived in Maryland, was transferred from the notorious CECOT prison to the administration building at Centro Industrial, where he has his own room with a bed and furniture, rather than a prison cell, according to a court filing that cited Van Hollen's remarks.

On Sunday, the U.S. State Department said in an update to the federal district court in Maryland that Abrego Garcia was moved to the facility eight days before Van Hollen met with him in El Salvador last week.

Federal Judge Paula Xinis ordered the government to provide daily status updates on Abrego Garcia's condition and location ...

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-transferred-el-salvador-maryland-van-hollen/

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[SheltieLover]

1. Who could possibly believe anything kraznov's admin says?

Not me!

[Eugene]

2. "Theresienstadt" is the first word brought to mind by this Salvadorean "resort."

This comically amateurish deception would be laughable if the situation wasn't so dire.

[struggle4progress]

4. Theresienstadt: A Documentary Film, 1944

... Pressured by the Danish government, in 1944 German authorities permitted the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to inspect the camp to verify that Danish Jews there were not being mistreated. The Red Cross visit gave German authorities the opportunity to stage an elaborate performance that seemed to confirm that Jewish prisoners were living well at Theresienstadt. Before the visit, camp leadership took extensive measures to "beautify" the camp—they deported a large portion of the population to reduce overcrowding, built a swimming pool, planted gardens, constructed parks, renovated barracks, and planned cultural events.

After successfully deceiving the Red Cross representatives,2 Nazi authorities then decided to make a propaganda film on location at Theresienstadt. The film's "cast," musicians, and director Kurt Gerron3 were all prisoners of Theresienstadt. The film was made under the close supervision of the SS. A production company was hired from Prague to produce the film, along with a Czech photographer and cameraman named Ivan Fric. The film was shot between August and September of 1944 but was not completed until early 1945.

As this clip demonstrates, the film created a fantasy world. The scenes portrayed Jewish inhabitants of Theresienstadt partaking in sporting events, attending musical concerts, working in a factory, relaxing, and enjoying meals together. In an interview, Fric4 called the film "absurd theater." He stated that he would not have believed the scenes in the film if he had not personally shot them. Immediately following the film shoot, deportations to Auschwitz renewed and intensified. Most of the Jewish people featured in the footage were deported shortly afterward. Gerron was sent to Auschwitz on the last train from Theresienstadt on October 28, 1944, where he was immediately killed. The film was never publicly shown, and today it exists only in fragments.

https://perspectives.ushmm.org/item/theresienstadt-a-documentary-film-1944

[magicarpet]

3. Since Abrego Garcia's hotel accomodations have been,...

.... up graded to a five star hotel rating,... shouldn't Musk and DOGE be contacted to make sure we are getting the most frugal and cheapest room, meals, and accommodation rates for Ceneral America.

The bean counters and efficiency experts should do their financial forensics to assure we are getting the best deal for the buck possible.

[Blues Heron]

5. Under what charges are they holding him?