Trump Touts Seemingly Doctored Photo of Abrego Garcia's Hand in Attempt To Prove Maryland Man Is Gang Member [View all]
Source: MEDIAite
Apr 18th, 2025, 6:47 pm
President Donald Trump posted a photo of himself holding a seemingly digitally altered image of the left hand of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported to El Salvador last month.
Abrego Garcia is currently incarcerated in a prison in El Salvador despite a 2019 court order barring his removal to that country. Lawyers for the Trump administration initially admitted that the Maryland father of three was sent to El Salvador due to an “administrative error,” but the president and his top officials say they will not retrieve him and claim Abrego Garcia is member of the notorious MS-13 gang. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling instructing the administration to arrange his return to the U.S. Abrego Garcia has not been charged with a crime.
On Friday, Trump posted a message on his Truth Social platform with an image purporting to be Abrego Garcia’s left hand. It features tattoos on his fingers that government officials previously described: a marijuana leaf, a smiley face, a cross, and a skull. But in the image Trump is holding, “MS-13” is now spelled across the knuckles.
However, Matt Novak of Gizmodo pointed out on BlueSky that a photo of Abrego Garcia with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) from Thursday clearly shows the deportee’s left hand. The characters “MS-13” are nowhere to be found.
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This is the kind of "manufactured evidence" that those demanding "criminal justice reform" point out is rampant in police departments nationwide, and particularly in urban areas. With "AI" (Absolute Idiocy), they can railroad anyone they want. And when the absurdity of pushing fake images to justify and cover-up a screw-up is promoted by the highest office-holder in the nation, then it is a clarion call to do something about this.
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