The story of the “Maryland father” deported to El Salvador’s infamous CECOT supermax prison continues to garner “victim porn” coverage on Spanish-language media. But in order for the story to stick, there need to be significant omissions and distortions when discussing the “victim” in this case.
Consider the many omissions and deflections during Telemundo’s very brief coverage of the story for its midday newscast:
NOTICIAS TELEMUNDO MEDIODÍA
4/2/25
12:38 PM
OCTAVIO PULIDO: Today a Salvadoran family fights for the return to the United States of Kilmar Abrego who was arrested while taking his son, who has autism, to school. Abrego was deported to the CECOT mega prison in his country of origin despite having valid asylum, work permit and driver’s license. According to ICE, a member of MS-13. In 2019, a judge had already dismissed…
