Democrat's Stunt to Retrieve Man from El Salvador Ends with Embarrassing Dud

NewsSen. Chris Van Hollen speaks during a news conference at a city viewpoint in Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador, on Wednesday. (Marvin Recinos - AFP / Getty Images)By Jack DavisApril 17, 2025 at 7:21amAdvertisement - story continues belowA Democratic senator’s effort to swoop into El Salvador and free an alleged MS-13 gang member and accused wife beater, who has become a liberal cause, crashed and burned when El Salvador refused to follow the script.Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland was turned away from his bid to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia at El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, according to the New York Post.“They should just let him go,” Van Hollen said after a meeting with El Salvadoran Vice President Félix Ulloa.Advertisement - story continues below“I promised [Abrego Garcia’s family] that I would do everything I could to get him out.”“I won’t stop trying,” he continued.“This is an unsustainable and unjust moment. So it cannot continue this way.”Abrego Garcia was...