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.

The U.S. State Department announced in an April 12 court filing that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is ‘alive and secure’ in an El Salvador prison — or ‘Terrorism Confinement Center’ — after the U.S. resident was mistakenly deported from Maryland in March.