US EditionTattoos on Abrego Garcia’s fingers are not proof he’s a member of MS-13, experts say
- The Trump administration deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador in March 2020, citing his finger tattoos as evidence of MS-13 gang membership.
- This action followed claims that the tattoos spelled MS-13, despite family, attorneys, and gang experts disputing this as proof of affiliation.
- Experts including professors from UCLA, USC, and Pitzer College said Abrego Garcia’s tattoos—a cross, skull, smiley face, and marijuana leaf—do not definitively represent MS-13 symbols.
- White House spokesperson Kush Desai asserted that law enforcement officials identify the tattoos as MS-13, while gang researchers emphasize tattoos alone should not determine membership.
- The case highlights concerns over wrongful deportations without due process and experts’ consensus that gang affiliation requires more evidence than ambiguous tattoos.
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Trump's fixation on wrongly deported man's tattoos nothing but a distraction, says lawyer
U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to paint Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a criminal with gang tattoos and a history of violence. But his lawyer says the administration is just trying to distract from the fact that it deported him by mistake, and is flouting court orders to bring him back.
Trump shows Garcia photo purported as Photoshopped: Darcy cartoon
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Tuesday, during an Oval Office interview with ABC News Senior National Correspondent Terry Moran, convicted felon, now President, Donald Trump displayed a photo of mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s hand showing MS-13 above tattoos on Garcia’s fingers, refuting the letters and numbers had been ‘Photoshopped’ on.
Trump says Kilmar Abrego Garcia has "'MS-13' on his knuckles.'" Pants on Fire!
President Donald Trump repeatedly clashed with ABC News’ Terry Moran about whether Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia — whom the U.S. government deported to El Salvador in March despite an order not to deport him there — had MS13, representing the MS-13 gang, tattooed on his knuckles.
Tattoos on Abrego Garcia’s fingers are not proof he’s a member of MS-13, experts say
The Trump administration this week continued digging in on its claim that symbols tattooed on the fingers of Kilmar Abrego Garcia – a cross, a skull, a smiley face and a marijuana leaf – are proof that the man they wrongly deported to El Salvador is a member of MS-13.
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