The wife of recently deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia told a court in 2020 that while the couple lived in Maryland she faced physical and verbal abuse from her husband on multiple occasions, the earliest known petition for protection from domestic violence filed against the illegal immigrant shows.
The complaint was followed by a second petition, in 2021, by wife Jennifer Vasquez against her husband for alleged domestic abuse.
Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador with suspected gang ties, is now at the center of an intense court battle that could have wide-ranging impacts on President Donald Trump’s signature campaign issue and promise to voters: mass deportations of illegal immigrants that have crossed the border in record numbers in recent years.
The detailed petition reviewed by Just the News is the latest piece in the growing body of evidence suggesting Abrego Garcia wasn’t the peaceful, law-abiding father “from Maryland,” as his wife and lawyers have claimed in the news media during the court battle to bring him home.
Vasquez, who recently said her deported husband is a “loving partner,” claimed in the August 2020 filing that during one incident Abrego Garcia locked their children in a basement room, slapped her, and broke her cellphone in anger when a police officer showed up at their residence.
“This is not the 1st time, it been [sic] a couple of occasion [sic] he takes my phone, and car [illegible] left without be able to call anyone,” Vasquez wrote in her petition.
She also claimed that it was not the first time that Abrego Garcia physically abused her. “I have photos of all the bruises his [sic] left on my body,” she wrote.
“In my house, his [sic] broken TV’s, my son’s tablet, my car windshield, phones, walls. Me and my kids are afraid now. His [sic] kicked me, bashed me, slapped me in the face,” Vasquez continued.
Even more concerning, Vasquez claimed that her husband also suggested that he would face no consequences if he killed her.
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