US EditionKilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the US, charged with human smuggling as attorneys vow ongoing fight
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 29, was sent back to the United States on Friday to face federal charges in Tennessee related to human smuggling.
- His return followed El Salvador's agreement to release him after the U.S. Presented an arrest warrant, amid his 2019 wrongful deportation during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
- Officials accuse Abrego Garcia of leading a large smuggling operation that brought immigrants illegally from Texas through multiple states in exchange for money.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi said, "This is what American justice looks like," and a federal judge ordered Abrego Garcia held until arraignment next week.
- If convicted, Abrego Garcia will be returned to El Salvador, and his case highlights policy debates over immigration enforcement and deportation errors.
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Attorney representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia blasts criminal charges for reading ‘like a bad novel’
In a stunning turnaround, the deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia was returned to the U.S. from El Salvador to face federal criminal charges for human smuggling. Senior Partner at the law firm representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Brian Murray, joins Alex Witt to react to the sudden development.
Wrongly deported Maryland man Abrego Garcia returned to U.S. • Source New Mexico
A protester holds a photo of Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia as demonstrators gather to protest against the deportation of immigrants to El Salvador outside the Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the United Nations on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man wrongly deported to his native El Salvador three months ago, was brought back to the U.S. on Friday and will face feder…
Abrego Garcia jailed in Tennessee on human trafficking charges | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man at the center of a political maelstrom after he was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, was in a Tennessee jail today after the United States abruptly brought him back to face new charges of transporting migrants living in the U.S. illegally.
After being wrongly deported to El Salvador, 29-year-old Kilmar Abrego García is back in the United States. After months in the infamous Cecot prison, he now faces charges of human smuggling in a U.S. federal court.
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