06/06/2025

Wrongly Deported Salvadoran Man Charged with Human Smuggling Now in U.S. Custody

The DOJ said Kilmar Abrego García finally was in U.S. custody

The Justice Department has brought human smuggling charges against a wrongly deported Salvadoran man whose removal to a notorious gang prison ignited a standoff with federal courts, according to an indictment made public Friday.

The charges against Kilmar Abrego García, stemming from a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee, mean he could face prosecution in the United States and possible deportation to another country.

They come weeks after the Supreme Court ordered Trump officials to facilitate Abrego García’s return from the megaprison where Justice Department lawyers admitted he’d been erroneously sent. The president, his lawyers and Cabinet members have resisted bringing him back, but the indictment released Friday said he was in U.S. custody.

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