US EditionKilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the US, charged with human smuggling as attorneys vow ongoing fight
UNITED STATES, JUN 8 – Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces smuggling charges involving hundreds of migrants, including children and alleged gang members, highlighting legal conflicts amid his wrongful deportation case.
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old Maryland construction worker, faces human smuggling charges in Tennessee and pleaded not guilty on June 13, 2025.
- In March 2025, he was improperly deported to a well-known detention facility in El Salvador, despite a 2019 immigration judge's ruling that prohibited his removal from the United States due to credible threats from gangs.
- Abrego allegedly smuggled hundreds of people, including children and MS-13 members, from 2016 to 2025, with charges stemming from a 2022 speeding traffic stop in Tennessee involving nine passengers without luggage.
- U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes denied prosecutors' request to detain Abrego during trial, citing his lack of criminal history and the implausibility of alleged smuggling activities, and set conditions for his release.
- Federal prosecutors plan to appeal the release order while ICE is expected to detain Abrego again after trial, highlighting ongoing legal and deportation uncertainties in his case.
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Abrego Garcia case gets more absurd as his own lawyers ask he be kept in jail
One of my law school professors once said succinctly, “The law is supposed to make sense.” Well, the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case certainly defies this common logic standard. Under capitalist politics, state power trumps its own so-called law.
Kilmar Ábrego García, whose erroneous deportation to El Salvador became a high point in Donald Trump's immigration offensive, has been back in the United States for more than two weeks after being charged with human trafficking...
Future uncertain for man returned to US after deportation
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, has been back in the United States for more than two weeks after being charged with human smuggling in Tennessee.
Kilmar Abrego García , whose deportation by mistake to El Salvador became a critical point in President Donald Trump’s immigration offensive, has returned to the United States for more than two weeks after being charged with human trafficking in Tennessee. But the future of this 29-year-old Maryland construction worker is far from certain. A federal judge has questioned the solidity of government smuggling charges, including the claim that Ábreg…
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