A human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Tennessee has been dismissed without a trial. Abrego Garcia's mistaken deportation to El Salvador last year became an embarrassment for President ...
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, finding that the Justice Department's pursuit of criminal charges was designed to punish him for challenging his mistaken deportation to El Salvador last year.
'The objective evidence here shows that, absent Abrego's successful lawsuit challenging his removal to El Salvador, the Government would not have brought this prosecution.'
A federal judge wrote that the investigation against Abrego in Tennessee was reopened to justify the administration's decision to deport him to El Salvador.
A federal judge in Tennessee dismissed human trafficking charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador in 2025.
Broadcaster Richard Madeley spent time inside the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot), the cornerstone of Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele's war on drug cartels.