Posted on 04/24/2025 4:10:51 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Trump has repeatedly shared an image of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's finger tattoos in an effort to link the Maryland man, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador on March 15, to the notorious MS-13 gang.
On Monday, Mr. Trump again shared a photo of Abrego Garcia's left hand on social media, alleging he "had 'MS-13' tattooed onto his knuckles." The image shows the characters "M," "S," "1" and "3" digitally added above Abrego Garcia's existing tattoos — a leaf, a smiley face, a cross and a skull — along with labels describing each symbol beneath.
Many people online recognized the labels as digitally added, but some alleged they were designed to appear as part of Abrego Garcia's actual tattoos and accused the Trump administration of trying to mislead the public. The White House has not responded to multiple requests for comment about the image and who added the labels.
The experts and researchers we spoke with acknowledged the tattoos could carry gang-related symbolism, but they said the markings alone are not reliable indicators of membership. They also cast doubt on Trump's claims that the marijuana leaf represents an "M," the smiley face "S," the cross "1" and the skull "3."
Abrego Garcia has no criminal record and his family says he was never involved with a gang.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
I knew this was wrong when they used the word Experts”
Another day, another anti Trump, pro dem media post by the Old Econ guy.
ya... we know all about your experts and researchers...
His wife said he was MS-13 in her domestic violence complaint.
The gaslighting is strong with See BS.
Ferris and CBS ought pay with their freedom
and existence for the murders they attempt to coverup.
MS-13 are PAID murderers for the DNC.
PAID.
Trump must be loving this leftist obsession with this guy .
He was claiming asylum because he stated that he was at risk from harm by a rival gang because he was MS-13.
It’s all they have. They can’t tell the truth, because the “Maryland Man” story falls completely apart with the TRUTH.
Read article and watched video.
Nowhere did they show the images of the tattoos shared by the administration.
Showing the tattoos and letting people make up their own mind would be a bad thing (sarc).
But they did have pictures of him smiling and with a woman and kids.
Trash news intended to lead the viewer (build sympathy for the deported) in a certain direction.
The same people who see “problematic” imagery in everything they see now see nothing on this guy’s individually tattooed knuckles.
Whatever. Like James Woods said, all the Dems have are the millions of illegals.
Of course CBS “doubts it”.
Amazing the way they double down when the rest of us know what’s going on.
Name the experts Layla.
Ignore your eyes and “MS13” tatooed onto his fingers - our experts say orange man bad.
“MS13” tatooed onto his fingers”
The wrinkle here is that this was digitally altered. Since it’s the only thing suggesting this intepretation, what we need is something to independently corroborate this, such as images of known members of the gang with the same set of symbols.
Imagine if the press spent this much time investigating 2020 election irregularities, the J6 pipe bomber, the mystery person who opened the capitol doors on J6, Biden’s money laundering, the Trump assassination attempts, etc.
These lunatics are OBSESSED with this guy.
It’s beyond obsession and full into PATHETIC.
Now we have “finger tattoo experts.”
Mel Brooks could make a movie!
See BS Spews blowing a smokescreen up our collective butts protecting the MS-13 gangbanger.
NOBODY, NOBODY gets gang tats except for gang members. It’s like wearing the wrong hat or clothing identifying one as a gang member when you’re not - it will get you KILLED or worse.
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