The Trump administration admitted to accidentally deporting Abrego Garcia, but has said it won’t bring him back, because he’s a member of MS-13, despite scant evidence to prove the gang affiliation.

President Donald Trump defended the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his suspected MS-13 ties to a photo he shared showing "MS13" tattooed across a man's knuckles.

Experts are divided over whether knuckle tattoos highlighted by President Trump suggest the wrongly deported man may be associated with MS-13.

Languages: English. The White House has posted what it considers proof of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's MS-13 gang membership by sharing images of tattoos on his hand. President Donald Trump said that ...

A post from U.S. President Donald Trump showing Kilmar Abrego Garcia's hand tattoos was unedited and proves he was affiliated with the Salvadoran gang MS-13. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) ...

The Trump administration this week continued digging in on its claim that symbols tattooed on the fingers of Kilmar Abrego ...

"Tattoos denoting membership/loyalty" to the gang is worth four points. Other listed identifiers include displaying certain logos, making certain hand signs, or wearing certain clothing.

The tattoo and a photograph of Barrios making a hand sign that means “I love you” in sign language are the only two pieces of evidence the government has presented of his gang ties ...

As for the pictorial tattoos on Ábrego García’s hand, marijuana leaves, crosses and skulls are widely used by people who do not belong to gangs. Gang crime experts said they did not stand out ...

"Tattoos Transform from Signs of Gang Allegiance to Art ... "Trump Appears to Hold up a Altered Image of Wrongfully Deported Man's Hand." The Independent, 19 Apr. 2025, https ...