6 hours ago
2
Legal investigation of Trump contempt uncovering
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.
Jennifer Vasquez sought and received a impermanent protective bid successful civilian tribunal against Kilmar Abrego Garcia successful May 2021, per tribunal records filed successful Prince George's County District Court. The bid alleges Abrego Garcia "punched and scratched" Vasquez, "ripped off" her garment and "grabbed and bruised" her — though she has since said she didn't determination guardant with the tribunal process due to the fact that the concern "did not escalate."
In a tribunal petition, Vasquez describes aggregate incidents implicit the people of respective days successful May 2021. In 1 case, Vasquez wrote that Abrego Garcia got aggravated with her astatine a state station, insulted her and drove precise fast. Days later, Vasquez alleges Abrego Garcia yelled astatine her to crook disconnected her laptop, and erstwhile she said she wasn't tired, she said helium "got angry" and threw her laptop connected the floor. She alleged she pushed him disconnected of her, and "he past punched" and "[scratched] maine connected my near eye, leaving maine bleeding."
Later that day, Abrego Garcia allegedly tore disconnected Vasquez's shorts and garment and "grabbed maine by the arm" erstwhile she ran away, leaving a people connected her near arm. The pursuing morning, aft helium allegedly didn't springiness her a acceptable of car keys, she called an Uber for her and the kids due to the fact that she was "scared of him" and "afraid to beryllium adjacent to him."
"I person aggregate photos/videos of however [violent] helium tin beryllium and each the bruises helium has near me," Vasquez wrote successful the petition.
At the time, the justice successful the lawsuit ordered Abrego Garcia not to interaction Vasquez, and to vacate their location 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.
Abrego Garcia's ineligible squad responded to Vasquez's protective order aft the Department of Homeland Security posted it connected X Wednesday, noting helium hasn't been criminally convicted.
"If the authorities believes determination is simply a morganatic lawsuit to beryllium made, it should contiguous that lawsuit successful a tribunal of instrumentality and person a justice reappraisal and determine his fate—not connected societal media," Abrego Garcia's lawyers wrote. "But that cannot hap until Mr. Abrego Garcia is returned to the United States and fixed afloat owed process. These allegations, without more, beryllium wherefore owed process and entree to counsel is truthful important."
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."
Court records amusement Vasquez sought and obtained a abstracted impermanent protective bid successful August 2020, besides alleging home violence.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, Vasquez besides sought a protective bid against Abrego Garcia successful 2020, accusing him of verbally abusing her, kicking and slapping her. She said erstwhile constabulary arrived astatine their home, helium became much violent, breaking her telephone successful beforehand of an officer. She besides stated that determination had been different incidents successful 2019 and 2020 erstwhile helium became convulsive and broke physics devices and doors successful the house.
Criminal charges were ne'er filed for the 2020 allegations.
Vasquez is simply a U.S. national and Abrego Garcia is simply a Salvadoran national.
The Trump medication has admitted that an "administrative error" led to Abrego Garcia's deportation connected March 15, but has claimed Abrego Garcia is "not a sympathetic figure," sharing Vasquez's protective bid connected X Wednesday.
The lawsuit has prompted a drawstring of ineligible wrangling that made its mode to the Supreme Court, which past 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 languish. 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 arsenic justification for deporting galore of the migrants to El Salvador. Another national justice who had ordered the 3 flights to El Salvador beryllium turned astir recovered 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 gathering 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 interrogation with CBS News earlier this month, Vasquez said that Abrego Garcia is "not a criminal. My hubby is an astonishing person. An astonishing father."
Nicole Sganga, 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.
English (US) ·