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Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Lawyer: 'There Have Been A Lot Of Mistruths That Have Been Told About Mr. Abrego Garcia'
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4/22/2025
In El Salvador on Monday, Chris Newman, Kilmar Abrego Garcia's attorney, called for his release.
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Buenas tardes, mi nombre es Chris Newman y yo soy de California y aquà estoy
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representando la familia de Kilmar en los Estados Unidos. Me cuesta hablar en
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español entonces yo voy a decir mis cosas en inglés primero y luego voy a
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repitirlos en español, ok? My name is Chris Newman. I am a Los Angeles based lawyer.
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I am here today on behalf of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's family and as their legal
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counsel to demand his access to rights. I came here to El Salvador and I should say
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first and foremost I want to thank the congressional delegation standing behind
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me for their bravery, for their leadership, and for their action in coming down here
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despite the uncertainty to try to liberate Mr. Abrego Garcia. I came here with three
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distinct goals in mind. Number one to ensure that Mr. Abrego Garcia is in fact
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alive today. Number two to make sure that he is healthy and safe and then number
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three to ensure that he has access to counsel and to his family as is
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required by international law. We know nothing of Mr. Abrego Garcia's whereabouts
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since the staged photo op on Thursday with Senator Von Holland. We demand to
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immediately know where he is and to have access to him. Unfortunately we are no
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longer able to trust the representations about this case made either by the
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United States government or by the Salvadoran government. And indeed this
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case is about many things but above all it is about truth versus lies. And there
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have been a lot of mistruths that have been told about Mr. Abrego Garcia and his
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family. A lot of defamation coming from the highest office in our country and the
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most powerful office in the world. And I am grateful to all of you the reporters
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here in El Salvador for coming to help us excavate the truth of this case. And the
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truth is that Mr. Abrego is an innocent man who has been deprived of his basic human
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rights.
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First of all, I want to thank all the congressmen for coming here. And in particular, I want to
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say thank you for your leadership, your courage and your action in coming to the United States
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to liberate Mr. Abrego Garcia. I, as an advocate of Mr. Abrego Garcia, I come here with three
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metas. Uno, para una prueba que sà está vivo ahorita. Dos, que su bienestar está bien y
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que tiene acceso a salud médico. Y tres, para asegurar que él tiene acceso a sus abogados
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y comunicación con su familia como es un requisito bajo de las leyes internacionales y cualquier
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forma de derechos humanos en lo cual todos compartimos. Ahorita, en este momento, no hemos escuchado
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nada desde jueves. En lo cual, durante este, no sé cómo se dice en español, acto de propaganda
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en el Sheridan Hotel, no hemos escuchado nada del señor Abrego desde este momento. Y necesitamos,
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muchas gracias. Y de hecho, estamos demandando información con respecto a su caso. Y yo estoy
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diciendo que este caso es realmente algo de muchas cosas. Pero detrás que todo, es un cuestión
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de la verdad en contra de las mentiras. Hay muchas mentiras sobre el señor Abrego Garcia y su
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familia que está llegando desde la Casa Blanca. Y nosotros estamos tratando de esquivar los
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hechos, las pruebas, la verdad de este caso. Y la verdad es que el señor Abrego Garcia es
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inocente y debe recibir sus derechos bajo de leyes internacionales. Y otra vez, quiero agradecer
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a ustedes y yo voy a cerrar diciendo lo siguiente. Yo regalé mi promesa a la familia de señor
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de Kilmar que yo estoy comprometido a seguir regresando a El Salvador, a seguir trabajando hasta que él recibe su
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proceso debido bajo de ley. Y luego, yo tengo mucha confianza que si hay un proceso justo que van a liberar
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señor Abrego GarcÃa. Y yo estoy comprometido a seguir trabajando hasta entonces. Gracias, muy amable.
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Gracias.
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Gracias.
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