Kilmar Abrego Garcia was subjected to severe mistreatment, including beatings, during this time in an El Salvador prison, his attorneys said in a filing Wednesday.

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was made to kneel overnight, denied bathroom access and confined in an overcrowded cell with bright lights and no windows, his lawyers say.

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant returned to the U.S. in early June after being wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador, reported severe mistreatment in a high-security prison in the Latin American nation,