The Trump administration accused him of being a gang member and deported him. His family says it's all made up

Source: The Independent

The Trump administration accused him of being a gang member and deported him. His family says it’s all made up

Venezuelan barber Francisco Javier Garcia Casique sent to El Salvador mega-prison but has no ties to notorious Tren de Aragua criminal organization, his mother and brother insist

Joe Sommerlad
Tuesday 18 March 2025 17:27 GMT

Francisco Javier Garcia Casique, one of the hundreds of Venezuelans deported by the Donald Trump administration over the weekend, has no criminal record in either the United States or his country of origin, his family has insisted.

Casique, 24, was reportedly among the 238 people believed to have connections with the notorious Tren de Aragua criminal gang that were taken to El Salvador as part of an agreement between Trump and the country’s president Nayib Bukele on Saturday.

The deportees were removed despite U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg disputing the invocation of the wartime Alien Enemies Act 1798 as the basis for the administration’s actions and ordering that the planes delivering them be turned around.

On Monday, Judge Boasberg demanded answers as to why the flights had gone ahead in defiance of his order while Trump’s allies, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and his White House advisers Alina Habba and Stephen Miller hit the airwaves to rebuke the justice for overstepping his authority in challenging an executive order from the president.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-deportations-francisco-javier-garcia-b2717379.html

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