Kilmar Abrego Garcia, newly returned to US, appears in court on charges of trafficking migrants
abcnews.go.com
Kilmar Abrego Garcia appeared in a Tennessee courtroom Friday, hours after he was brought back to the U.S. to face charges of transporting undocumented migrants.

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.

I can only assume this means charges will be forthcoming against Texas Governor Abbott soon for the same charges.

  • elbucho@lemmy.worldEnglish
    791·
    24 小时前

    “Ok, so we lied about every single aspect of this case, and repeated those lies continuously for 2 months to keep an innocent man in a foreign torture prison… but we have evidence now that he gave some people a ride in his car! A RIDE in his CAR! Can you believe that?? No, seriously, please believe that. He’s a bad guy, you guys. Honest!*”

  • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml
    33·
    22 小时前

    Yes the charges are stupid, but they are primarily to make it so that Trump’s fold doesn’t look like a fold. This is a win that he is out from El Salvador and puts further pressure to bring back all the others in a similar situation

    • astronaut_sloth@mander.xyzEnglish
      6·
      19 小时前

      My take, too. They can comply with the court order and save face. The charges are not very solid, though. This can play into Trump’s hands in that if he’s acquitted, just silently brushing it under the rug with another outrage (the admin is seriously just an outrage/scandal ponzi scheme). If he’s convicted, then they can parade him around like they were right the entire time.

  • BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz
    34·
    23 小时前

    Hauling Undocumented Migrants is a CRIME? Uh OH! DONT tell Republican Governors that or they’ll be in TROUBLE!

  • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
    10·
    19 小时前

    The decision to pursue the indictment against Abrego Garcia led to the abrupt departure of Ben Schrader, a high-ranking federal prosecutor in Tennessee, sources briefed on Schrader’s decision told ABC News.

    That’s at least good to see.

    He made over 100 trips, the grand jury found

    Bondi misrepresenting just what a grand jury is and what they decide without ABC correcting it is not good to see though.

  • Nusm@piefed.socialEnglish
    141·
    20 小时前

    Gonna be really funny when he gets back here and has no MS-13 tattoo on his knuckles.

    “But the El Salvadoran prison lasered it off. Yeah, that’s the ticket. Really.”

    • Boddhisatva@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      10·
      19 小时前

      That’s already been verified. Remember when Sen. Van Hollen was allowed to meet with him? There was a picture from that meeting that showed his hand.

  • Lucky_777@lemmy.world
    23·
    24 小时前

    How much is this whole thing costing the tax payer? When they could have easily left the man alone. He was admitted in the first Trump administration my god. Lmao. Clown show