Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Way Back to US

Friday, June 06, 2025

Mistakenly deported Salvadoran native Kilmar Abrego Garcia is on his way back to the United States where he will face criminal charges for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants within the U.S., according to sources familiar with the matter.

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NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongly sent to El Salvador without due process by the Trump administration, is on his way back to the U.S. to face criminal charges, according to reporting from ABC News.
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... More than two months after the Trump administration admitted it mistakenly deported Abrego Garcia from Maryland to his native El Salvador, a federal grand jury has indicted him for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants within the United States, ABC News has learned.

A two-count indictment, which was filed under seal in federal court in Tennessee last month, alleges Abrego Garcia, 29, participated in a years-long conspiracy to haul undocumented migrants from Texas to the interior of the country, according to sources briefed on the indictment. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-06 03:17 PM | Reply

I though Pres Trump had said that it would not be possible to bring Mr Garcia back to the US?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-06 03:18 PM | Reply

Thanks to all who refused to let this be forgotten.

#3 | Posted by Wardog at 2025-06-06 04:08 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

I though Pres Trump had said that it would not be possible to bring Mr Garcia back to the US?

I hate to burst your bubble, but Lewzer lies through his teeth about almost everything.

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-06-06 04:13 PM | Reply

@#3 ... Thanks to all who refused to let this be forgotten. ...

And, now the Trump admin should do the same for all the others who were deported without due process.

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-06 04:18 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

TACO.

#6 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-06-06 04:30 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

TACO TICO

#7 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-06-06 04:36 PM | Reply

"transporting undocumented migrants within the U.S."

Is that even a crime?

If so, a lot of bus drivers and airline pilots are criminals.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-06 04:40 PM | Reply

Wouldn't it be funny if his legal team rolled into court and was populated by a large group of legal studs, each aching to take on the clown posse of DOJ hacks and know-nothing lawyers fresh out of Trump University? I wouldn't be surprised if this poor guy (called so because of the unlawful, possibly tortuous manner in which he has been treated) gets some top-notch folks to step up and represent him pro bono...

#9 | Posted by catdog at 2025-06-06 04:59 PM | Reply

Will he claim asylum in El Salvador to escape the criminal charges though?

#10 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-06-06 05:02 PM | Reply

Will he claim asylum in El Salvador to escape the criminal charges though?

#11 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-06-06 05:02 PM | Reply

Will he claim asylum in El Salvador to escape the criminal charges though?

#12 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-06-06 05:02 PM | Reply

Lmao his ass is about to be deported right back, you guys get that right? What an exercise in stupidity.

#13 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2025-06-06 05:31 PM | Reply

What an exercise in stupidity is right.

All of Trump's waste, fraud, and abuse surrounding this case is costing the taxpayers tens if not hundreds of millions.

#14 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-06 05:37 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Lmao his ass is about to be deported right back, you guys get that right? What an exercise in stupidity.

#13 | POSTED BY BLUEWAFFLES

Laughing because Trumpy was caught in another lie?

He won't be deported until he faces charges and serves his sentence in an American prison ( if actually convicted). Which he obviously won't be because you know the charges are just more Trumpified BS. Now put up or shut up in a court of law under oath.

But hey. Welcome back to due process facist.

Baby steps.

Now what about the other three plane loads?? They obviously CAN be returned in accordance with the ruling of the Supreme Court and be allowed their due process rights.

#15 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-06-06 05:43 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

How long will it take for enough Trump voters to realize that we are all screwed because of their decisions? He'll nuke New York and they'd still support him

#16 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-06-06 05:56 PM | Reply

@#13 ... What an exercise in stupidity. ...

Subjecting him to Due Process, as guaranteed by the Constitution and upheld unanimously (i.e., 9-0) by the Supreme Court is an exercise in stupidity?

How so?

#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-06 06:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Presidente Bukele smells blood in the water... and seeing what time of day it was... decided not to hitch his wagon to El Presidente Taco Anaranjado.

The "charges" are to save face.

My guess is with a good lawyer... (he has a strong support network in MD, DC, VA) they will ultimately be seen as he is guilty of having relatives from El Salvador... pppfffftttttt

#18 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-06-06 06:12 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The Chief of DOJ criminal division in Nashville just resigned over these "charges".

#19 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-06-06 06:14 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I'm glad Trump Blinked.

He didn't go full.Nazi.

America is built on at least a modicum of Trust.

As simple and Nieve as that seems.

Trump Still Sucks..

#20 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-06-06 06:50 PM | Reply

Polls must be really bad for Trump to Taco Out on this one.

#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-06 06:54 PM | Reply

Dems never miss a chance to waste US taxpayer money. Good going - I am sure bringing this story back into the news cycle will do wonders for your 19% approval rating.

#22 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-06-06 07:12 PM | Reply

#22 | Posted by ScottS

The US Supreme Court ruled that the Trump admin must bring him back and the Trump admin brought him back.

What Dems???

#23 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2025-06-06 07:23 PM | Reply

@#18 ... The "charges" are to save face. ....

That's the way it looks.

These "charges" did not appear to have been ~discovered~ until after he was mistakenly deported.

I say mistakenly because the Trump admin has also said his deportation was a mistake.

Judge orders return of wrongly deported Maryland man to US from El Salvador (April 2025)
www.reuters.com

... A U.S. judge ruled on Friday that the Trump administration must return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador to the United States within three days, the latest legal setback for the administration's hardline deportation policies.

The U.S. has already acknowledged Kilmar Abrego Garcia -- a Salvadoran migrant who lived in the U.S legally with a work permit -- was deported in error last month ...

[emphasis mine]

#24 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-06 07:30 PM | Reply

And, as a follow-up ...

How many of those who were deported to that prison, without Due Process, might have been deported illegally?

Why doesn't the law and order GOP seem to care?

#25 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-06 07:31 PM | Reply

@#22 ... Dems never miss a chance to waste US taxpayer money. ...

As I asked your current trolling alias in #17 .... "How so?"

That question also applies here.

#26 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-06 07:33 PM | Reply

So Donnerboy is to go to bat for a human trafficker and domestic abuser now?

The "charges" are to save face.

My guess is, because the evidence is so egregious.

How many of those who were deported to that prison, without Due Process, might have been deported illegally?

Do you not pay attention to SCOTUS rulings and the evidence presented? They all had "due process", the only question was how much "process is due" under AEA.

#27 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-06-06 07:44 PM | Reply

a Salvadoran migrant who lived in the U.S legally with a work permit -- was deported in error last month ...

A work permit isn't authorization to be in the US legally.

#28 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-06-06 07:45 PM | Reply

A "work permit" isn't even a thing it is a mashup of two things.

Work Visa and Employment Authorization Document.

What is the difference between a U.S. Work Visa and an Employment Authorization Document (EAD)?
www.uscisguide.com

#29 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-06 08:33 PM | Reply

@#27 ... My guess is, because the evidence is so egregious. ...

If that evidence is so egregious, why was it not presented in a Court of Law before he was deported, and he allowed to counter the evidence?

And why did that evidence only seem to have been discovered after he was deported?

#30 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-06 08:57 PM | Reply

Dems never miss a chance to waste US taxpayer money.

Trump spent 6 million to deport 238 people to El Salvador.

That's over 25,210 per person.

He's spent 26 million of taxpayer money on his golf junkets.

He's going to spend 25-45 million for his birthday parade.

Take a hearty helpin' of Shut Da Fug Up.

No one believes your BS except equally ignorant TrumpaLosers.

#31 | Posted by zarnon at 2025-06-06 09:33 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"My guess is, because the evidence is so egregious."

Sure. It's EGREGIOUS I tells ya!

You know. Like the "evidence" Trumpy had for "fraud" in the 2020 elections. Egregious!!

GFY with your "Ipse Dixit" stick.

#32 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-06-06 10:16 PM | Reply

Trump spent 6 million to deport 238 people to El Salvador.
That's over 25,210 per person.

^
Republicans are happy to pay taxes for this, because it punishes their enemies.

Just like they were happy to borrow money for a war in Iraq.

Americans could owe $6.5 trillion for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq " and that's just the interest
www.cbsnews.com

#33 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-06 10:58 PM | Reply

Abrego Garcia, mistakenly deported, is returned to US to face migrant smuggling charges
www.reuters.com

... Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man mistakenly deported from Maryland to El Salvador by the Trump administration, was flown back to the United States to face criminal charges of transporting illegal immigrants within the U.S., Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Friday.

Abrego Garcia's return marks a turning point in a case that became a flashpoint for critics of President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration policies, who pointed to it as a sign that the administration was disregarding civil liberties in its push to step up deportations. ...

#34 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-06 11:02 PM | Reply

@#34 ... Abrego Garcia, mistakenly deported, is returned to US to face migrant smuggling charges ...

Now the Trump admin needs to also return the others it has deported so they can also face Due Process.

#35 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-06 11:07 PM | Reply

...to face migrant smuggling charges

He's not being charged with having gang tats Photoshoped on his knuckles?

#36 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-06-06 11:20 PM | Reply