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07-06-2025
Kilmar Ábrego García, a 29-year-old from El Salvador, was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March but has been returned to the US to face prosecution on two federal criminal charges related to a trafficking conspiracy. He is accused of participating in an alien smuggling ring, bringing in thousands of undocumented migrants to the US between 2016 and his deportation. His lawyer called the charges "preposterous" and an "abuse of power", stating that the government had "disappeared" him to a foreign prison in violation of a court order. Ábrego García was initially granted protection from deportation by an immigration judge due to the risk of persecution from local gangs in El Salvador, but was deported after President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act. He is to be held in federal custody until his arraignment hearing on June 13.
07-06-2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man wrongly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, has been returned to the US to face criminal charges. Abrego Garcia was charged with conspiring to transport illegal immigrants into the US and appeared in court in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was told to hold in custody until at least next Friday. His lawyers had previously called the expected charges "preposterous" and argued that the administration had the ability to bring him back but refused to do so. The US attorney general, Pam Bondi, alleged that Abrego Garcia played a significant role in an alien smuggling ring and made over 100 trips smuggling people, including MS-13 gang members, into the US.
07-06-2025
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a man wrongly deported to El Salvador, was flown back to the US to face charges related to transporting undocumented migrants and firearms. He appeared in federal court in Nashville, where he was detained and is expected to return on June 13. The charges stem from a 2022 traffic stop where he was driving nine people from Houston to Maryland, and a 2019 arrest where he was accused of being associated with the MS-13 gang, which he denied. Abrego Garcia had a special court order forbidding his deportation to El Salvador due to gang harassment his family experienced. The Trump administration resisted court orders to bring him back, claiming he was a gang member, but eventually returned him to face charges, with a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison per person transported if convicted.
07-06-2025
The Trump administration returned Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the US to face criminal charges after wrongfully deporting him to a prison in El Salvador, sparking questions about the administration's views on justice. Abrego Garcia's family had filed a lawsuit after he was plucked off the streets without a warrant and expelled to El Salvador, where he faced potential danger. Despite initially fighting court orders to release him, the administration brought him back after obtaining an indictment accusing him of involvement in a conspiracy to smuggle undocumented immigrants. Critics argue that the indictment was used to justify the administration's actions and avoid a potentially embarrassing confrontation with the Supreme Court. The move has raised concerns about the administration's handling of similar cases, including the nearly 140 Venezuelan men who were sent to El Salvador on the same flights as Abrego Garcia.
