In line with Ms. Casique, her son had no gang affiliation and had entered america to hunt asylum in late 2023 after a number of years spent working in Peru to assist his household again dwelling. Throughout his journey north, he had been injured in Mexico after a fall from a prepare, she mentioned.
Mr. García, who had turned himself over to the authorities on the U.S. border, was detained at a routine look earlier than immigration officers final yr after they noticed his tattoos, Ms. Casique mentioned.
The tattoos, which she says embrace a crown with the phrase “peace” in Spanish and the names of his mom, grandmother and sisters, led the authorities to put Mr. García beneath investigation and label him as a suspected member of Tren de Aragua, based on Ms. Casique.
Mr. García remained in a detention heart in Dallas for 2 months, his mom mentioned, however a choose finally determined that he didn’t pose a hazard and allowed him to be launched so long as he wore an digital system to trace his actions.
The New York Instances couldn’t independently confirm why he had been held and launched.
After Mr. Trump’s inauguration this yr Mr. García turned anxious, however Ms. Casique remembered telling her son that he had nothing to concern: The administration mentioned it will go after criminals first.
However, on Feb. 6, the authorities arrived at Mr. García’s door and took him into custody.
“I informed him to comply with the nation’s guidelines, that he wasn’t a prison, and at most, they’d deport him,” Ms. Casique mentioned. “However I used to be very naïve — I believed the legal guidelines would shield him.”
Gabriel Labrador contributed reporting from San Salvador, El Salvador.