Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the wrongly deported Salvadoran immigrant, was introduced again to the US on Friday the place he’ll face prison costs for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants.
Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the spouse of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks throughout a information convention at CASA’s Multicultural Heart in Hyattsville, Md., Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Picture/Jose Luis Magana)
Abrego Garcia was just lately indicted by a federal grand jury in Tennessee on two felony counts of illegally transporting undocumented immigrants inside the U.S.
He’s accused of working for the MS-13 Salvadoran gang by driving 1000’s of undocumented immigrants from Texas to different components of the nation from 2016 to this yr.
“Abrego Garcia is a danger to our community,” Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi mentioned. “He will be prosecuted in our country.”
“Up until yesterday, the Trump administration was saying they couldn’t bring him back,” mentioned Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Maryland). “This proves they could bring him back. Now he can get some semblance of due process.”
The Supreme Court docket had ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S., though officers had insisted that didn’t imply they needed to truly do something as a result of he was within the custody of Salvadoran authorities.
Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador in March together with greater than 200 immigrants, principally accused members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang. They had been all imprisoned with out cost at a infamous most safety facility close to the capital of San Salvador.
Trump officers admitted that Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported regardless of an order by a choose barring his removing to his homeland as a result of he claimed he might face retaliation from gang members. However they insisted that there was nothing they may do to get him again to the U.S. or free of jail.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) briefly visited Abrego Garcia in El Salvador earlier than he was returned to a unique jail beneath much less harsh confinement situation.
