Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the subject of a string of court orders up to the nation’s top court demanding that the Trump administration “facilitate” his return to the United States, where he has been living for the last 14 years. The administration, however, has insisted without evidence that he is a gang member, even though officials initially admitted his deportation was an administrative “error.”
Now, the president posted what he claims to be such evidence — a black-and-white photograph of Garcia’s tattooed knuckles, including written out above four symbols — that many internet sleuths are already saying was photoshopped.
The Independent has reached out to the White House and a lawyer for Garcia for comment.
“This is the hand of the man that the Democrats feel should be brought back to the United States, because he is such ‘a fine and innocent person.’ They said he is not a member of MS-13, even though he’s got MS-13 tattooed onto his knuckles,” the president posted on Truth Social on Friday evening.
Administration officials in court filings have pointed to a protective order filed by his wife
in 2021; she dissolved the order a month later, and was never “beaten up.”
“I was elected to take bad people out of the United States, among other things. I must be allowed to do my job” Trump continued.
Government attorneys have never referenced the tattoos in court filings to support their claims that he is a gang member. Their allegation rests on the word of a confidential police informant who in 2019 claimed Garcia was a member of MS-13’s
have someone teach you about Photoshop. This is an excellent example of altering a photo, in this case to make your illegal actions look good. But instead you look foolish.”
“‘MS13’ looks like it was typed on the photo,” one user
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