Bukele Denies Brutal Prison Conditions Despite Credible Abuse Allegations Against Deported Salvadoran

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has brazenly dismissed allegations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran deportee from the United States, suffered severe beatings and psychological torture in one of the country's notorious prisons. In a social media post on X, Bukele insisted Abrego Garcia was neither tortured nor starved, backing his claim with photos and video footage showing Garcia seemingly in good health. But the facts tell a far graver story. Court documents recently filed reveal that Abrego Garcia endured brutal physical abuse immediately upon arrival at the CECOT detention center. He described relentless beatings resulting in visible bruising and...