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The woman of a 29-year-old Maryland antheral who was mistakenly deported by the Trump medication to El Salvador past period filed a protective bid against him backmost successful 2021 implicit allegations of home violence, according to tribunal records obtained by CBS News Wednesday.
Jennifer Vasquez sought and received a impermanent protective bid against Kilmar Abrego Garcia successful May 2021, per tribunal records filed successful Prince George's County District Court.
The Department of Homeland Security posted a papers Wednesday it said was from the case, which alleged Abrego Garcia "punched and scratched" Vasquez, "ripped off" her shirt, and "grabbed and bruised" her.
At the time, the justice successful the lawsuit ordered Abrego Garcia not to interaction Vasquez, vacate their home, and enactment distant from the location of different household member. He was besides ordered to surrender firearms.
The case, however, was dismissed successful June 2021 aft Vasquez failed to look for a last hearing, according to tribunal records. The 2 returned to surviving together.
In a connection provided to CBS News Wednesday evening, Vasquez confirmed seeking the tribunal order.
"After surviving home unit successful a erstwhile relationship, I acted retired of caution aft a disagreement with Kilmar by seeking a civilian protective bid successful lawsuit things escalated," Vasquez said. "Things did not escalate, and I decided not to travel done with the civilian tribunal process. We were capable to enactment done this concern privately arsenic a family, including by going to counseling. Our matrimony lone grew stronger successful the years that followed. No 1 is perfect, and nary matrimony is perfect. That is not a justification for ICE's enactment of abducting him and deporting him to a state wherever helium was expected to beryllium protected from deportation. Kilmar has ever been a loving spouse and father, and I volition proceed to basal by him and request justness for him."
Vasquez is simply a U.S. national and Abrego Garcia is simply a Salvadoran national.
The Trump medication has admitted that an "administration error" led to Abrego Garcia's deportation on March 15. The lawsuit has prompted a drawstring of ineligible wrangling that made its mode to the Supreme Court, which last week upheld a little tribunal determination that the Trump medication beryllium required to "facilitate" his release.
Despite the Supreme Court's ruling, the lawsuit has appeared to languished. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis has repeatedly rebuked the Trump medication for stonewalling her and not complying with her bid to some supply accusation connected Abrego Garcia's whereabouts and facilitate his instrumentality to the U.S.
Abrego Garcia was among 238 Venezuelans and 23 Salvadoran migrants that were placed aboard 3 March 15 deportation flights to El Salvador aft the White House alleged, often without evidence, that the men are members of transnational gangs.
President Trump invoked the wartime 1798 Alien Enemies Act as justification for deporting galore of the migrants to El Salvador. Another national justice who had ordered the 3 flights to El Salvador beryllium turned around found Wednesday that determination was probable origin to clasp the Trump medication successful transgression contempt for defying his orders.
The men are reportedly being held successful the notorious Salvadoran supermax prison, known arsenic CECOT, nether an statement with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.
During a White House meeting with Mr. Trump Monday, Bukele told reporters helium would not beryllium returning Abrego Garcia to the U.S., and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said that aforesaid time it is "up to El Salvador if they privation to instrumentality him."
Abrego Garcia came to the U.S. illegally successful 2011 erstwhile helium was 16 years old.
In 2019, helium was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but an migration justice barred his removal from the U.S. aft determining that helium could look persecution by gangs if deported to El Salvador. The justice granted him what is known arsenic "withholding of removal" status.
He was arrested again connected March 12 pursuing a postulation stop. Citing accusation from an informant who officials person said is credible, the Department of Homeland Security has alleged that Abrego Garcia is simply a subordinate of the MS-13 gang, a assertion his household and attorneys deny. Abrego Garcia has nary transgression grounds successful the U.S. oregon El Salvador, according to authorities documents.
In an interview with CBS News earlier this month, Vasquez said that Abrego Garcia is "not a criminal. My hubby is an astonishing person. An astonishing father."
Camilo Montoya-Galvez, Jacob Rosen, Rhona Tarrant and Melissa Quinn contributed to this report.
Faris Tanyos is simply a quality exertion for CBSNews.com, wherever helium writes and edits stories and tracks breaking news. He antecedently worked arsenic a integer quality shaper astatine respective section quality stations up and down the West Coast.
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