El Salvadoran Dictator Bukele Calls Kilmar Abrego Garcia "a Terrorist"; Claims He Has No Authority to Return Him to U.S.

 

After the Supreme Court ruled the Trump Administration merely had to "facilitate" rather than "effectuate" the return of wrongly deported migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, I predicted the Trump Administration would see to it that Abrego Garcia would spend the rest of his life in a Salvadoran supermax.

However, I subsequently held out some faint hope that El Salvadoran President Nayid Bukele might make a good will gesture and release him during his visit to this country.

It would seem I expressed far too much optimism.

During his White House visit today, Bukele called the idea of releasing Abrego Garcia "preposterous". 

In case there was any ambiguity about the matter Bukele then referred to Abrego Garcia as "terrorist".

Bukele asked, "How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? I don’t have the power to return him to the United States?”

Aside from the fact it has never been proven that Abrego Garcia is a member of MS-13, let alone been convicted for a crime, it is telling that Bukele claims he doesn't have the power to release Abrego Garcia. This echoes what the Trump Administration has repeatedly said. 

So, if neither the Trump Administration nor Bukele has the authority to release Abrego Garcia then who does?

In reality, they both do. They just don't want to take responsibility for a mistake. They're not interested in making this right.

Instead, they would rather punish an innocent man by letting him die in a prison while they line their pockets. 

By the looks of it, there are going to be a lot of people (including American citizens) joining Kilmar Abrego Garcia in a Salvadoran supermax.