The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, says he's not a criminal and she's "scared for his life."

A Maryland man with legal status in the United States was accidentally deported to El Salvador, President Donald Trump’s administration admitted Monday.

Maiker Espinoza Escalona is being accused of being a member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua by the Trump administration, an accusation his family denies.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the father of a 5-year-old son with disabilities, was deported to a notorious mega prison due to an "administrative error." Trump officials claim the mistake cannot be undone

People need to see that image,” Noem said of the striking photos of her surrounded by rows of tattooed inmates crammed inside their cells at El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center.

This latest case, in which lawyers argue their client had no proven links to MS-13, adds to the growing judicial and public scrutiny about the deportations to El Salvador's notorious mega-prison.

Noem, 53, arrived at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), where 250 suspected Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gang members were shipped from the US by President Trump earlier this month.

Attorneys representing at least one of 17 alleged Venezuelan gang members who were deported Sunday to El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison say the men were sent there two days after a federal judge issued an order prohibiting such deportations.

Despite the mistake, officials said Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia can't be brought back since he is no longer in U.S. custody.