US president has insisted tattoos prove MS-13 ties, but experts and photos contradict the claim in Abrego Garcia’s case.

President Donald Trump posted an image of himself holding a photograph of what he said was the tattooed hand of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, whom the government deported to El Salvador in March ...

President Donald Trump says Kilmar Abrego Garcia has “‘MS-13’ on his knuckles.” Pants on Fire! The figures M, S, 1 and 3 and words below the symbols don’t appear in other photographs of Kilmar Armando ...

The image also displays an M, an S, a 1 and a 3 in a printed font above these tattoos ... on Abrego Garcia’s hand as a clear sign of gang affiliation, which was part of the evidence used ...

The hand also displays an M, an S, a 1 and a 3 in a printed font above these tattoos ... on Abrego Garcia’s hand as a clear sign of gang affiliation, which was part of the evidence used to ...

The hand also displays an M, an S, a 1 and a 3 in a printed font above these tattoos ... on Ábrego García’s hand as a clear sign of gang affiliation, which was part of the evidence used ...