US EditionKilmar Abrego Garcia Offered Deportation to Costa Rica for Guilty Plea: Court Documents
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported due to an administrative error despite a judge's protection order; he faces conspiracy charges and legal challenges amid potential further deportation.
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old Salvadoran, was offered a plea deal on August 22, 2025, in Maryland involving deportation to Costa Rica after his sentence.
- This deal followed Abrego Garcia's wrongful deportation to El Salvador in March 2025, which violated a 2019 immigration judge's order protecting him due to credible fears for his safety.
- His attorneys argue that the government is using the threat of deportation to Uganda to pressure him into accepting a plea deal, taking advantage of his precarious position as a non-citizen during an era of intensified focus on immigration enforcement.
- A court filing states the government uses 'intimidate and improperly pressure' tactics, and one lawyer said, "This is not justice; it’s coercion," while officials repeatedly label Abrego Garcia a dangerous MS-13 member despite no proven ties.
- The controversy intensifies debates on prosecutorial discretion and plea bargaining ethics, with a hearing expected soon and possible implications for immigration-related criminal cases.
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Abrego Garcia's attorneys say government trying to coerce him to accept guilty plea or face deportation to Uganda
The federal government is trying to force Kilmar Abrego Garcia to accept a guilty plea or face deportation to Uganda, his attorneys claimed in a filing on Saturday.
Kilmar Ábrego García, a Salvadoran deported and then returned to the United States in the midst of a fierce dispute over President Donald Trump's immigration policies, was released on Friday from prison where he was detained on human trafficking charges. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Ábrego García after he was unjustly sent to the CECOT maximum security megaprison in El Salvador in March. He …
Kilmar Abrego Garcia offered deportation to Costa Rica for guilty plea: court documents
In a new legal filing, lawyers for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia claim the government is engaging in a "coordinated effort" to force their client into a guilty plea. The Maryland man, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, was just released from jail on Friday after months of turmoil.
A Salvadoran immigrant, wrongly expelled and then returned to the United States after several months of judicial battle, was released on Friday.
The man illegally deported to El Salvador and brought back to the United States has been released from custody. His case revealed the hard and sometimes arbitrary action of the U.S. government. In essence, the question is whether those affected receive sufficient legal hearing. "Today Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. He is currently on his way to his family in Maryland, according to a report from one of his lawyers. Abrego Garcia had been flown out…
Because of legal errors, Kilmar Ábrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador only to be taken back to the United States and detained. Now there is news in his case.
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