Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen travelled to El Salvador on Wednesday to speak to officials and petition for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia - a man who was deported to the country by the Trump administration.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt doubled down on accusations that Salvadoran national Kilmar Ábrego García was a member of the MS-13 gang. Leavitt also accused the 29-year-old of domestic violence, citing records showing his US citizen wife once filed a protective order against him.

By Gram Slattery, Simon Lewis and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said at the White House on Monday he had no plans to return a man mistakenly deported from the United States,