India, July 3 -- Kilmar Abrego Garcia has alleged that he was beaten, starved, and tortured after being sent to a prison in El Salvador. The Trump administration deported him in March, even though a judge had ordered not to.

Abrego, a native of El Salvador, shared the details in a legal filing on Wednesday. It was the first time he had shared what had happened to him inside the country's anti-terrorism prison, CECOT, as per a Politico report.

The Trump administration did not follow a court order to return Abrego to the US. After several months, federal prosecutors charged him with human smuggling in Tennessee. He was then released from Salvadoran custody and sent back to the US to face those charges.

CECOT was known for gang violence a...