Abrego Garcia, who had fled El Salvador as a teenager to escape gang violence, was expelled and sent back to his native land even though he had won a court order six years earlier barring his removal.

Hours after Supreme Court ruling that the government must facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return, a judge demanded to know his location.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s story appeared as if it would begin and end in his native El Salvador. His attorneys say he fled the country at 16 because a local gang threated to kill him.