Venezuelan families worry about relatives as Trump celebrates deportation to El Salvador
According to Ms. Casique, her son has no gang affiliation and spent several years working in Peru to support her family after entering the United States in late 2023 for asylum. She said he was injured in Mexico after falling from a train during his journey to the north.
Ms. Kask said Mr. Garcia had handed herself over to authorities at the U.S. border and was detained last year after he found a tattoo.
According to Ms. Casique, the tattoo she spoke included a crown with the names of her mother, grandmother and sisters, leading authorities to place Mr. Garcia in the investigation and label him as a suspected member of Tren de Aragua.
His mother said Mr. Garcia spent two months in a detention center in Dallas, but the judge finally decided that he was not in danger and could release him as long as he put on electronic devices to track his movements.
The New York Times cannot independently verify why he was released and released.
Mr. Garcia was worried after Mr. Trump’s inauguration this year, but Ms. Kaske remembers her son had nothing to worry about: This would follow criminals first, the government said.
However, on February 6, authorities arrived at Mr. Garcia’s door and detained him.
“I told him to comply with the rules of the country, he was not a criminal, at most, they would expel him,” Ms. Kask said. “But I’m naive – I think the law will protect him.”
Gabriel Labrador Reports from San Salvador, El Salvador.
