Protesters outside the Maryland District District Court at the Greenbelt Rally on April 4, 2025, supported Maryland father Kilmer Armando Abrego Garcia, who was deported to El Salvador for “administrative errors,” and called for him to return to the United States (pictured by photo)
Kilmer Abrego Garcia, a Trump administration-sanctioned Maryland man, was accidentally deported to the infamous El Salvador prison and returned to the United States, and is scheduled to be arrested Friday in Nashville federal court.
The indictment of a major Tennessee ju trial issued May 21 and unsealed on Friday alleges that Abrego Garcia and an unknown co-conspirator were members of the MS-13 gang and “deliberately and illegally transported thousands of undocumented aliens” between 2016 and 2025.
The indictment filed in the Central District of Tennessee condemns Abrego Garcia “conspiracy to illegally transport illegal aliens” and “illegal transport of illegal aliens for financial interests.” The indictment has no suspected name or claim of the conspirator.
In another complaint filed Friday, prosecutors attempt to continue to custody Garcia, claiming he is a flight risk and risk to the community.
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Chris Newman, a lawyer representing the Abrego Garcia family, said at a virtual press event on Friday that he remains skeptical of the federal accusation stayed at Abrego Garcia.
“We can all tell you that the accusations that are levelled against him should be treated with high level of suspicion,” Newman said.
“We should ensure that he obtains fairness (trial) in court.
Abrego Garcia’s deportation served as a flashpoint for the massive deportation of Trump administration immigrants without hearing or normal due-processing rights that would grant immigrants and all Americans the right to protect themselves from suspected illegal conduct.
April, The Supreme Court ruled The Trump administration had to “promote” Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States. For the next two months, administrative authorities said Abrego Garcia’s return was out of his hand and had arrived at the Salvadoran government.
Friday, a A press conference that was broadcast nationwideU.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi thanked the country’s president, Naive Buquere, for agreeing to Abrego Garcia’s release.
The criminal charges filed in Nashville are linked to a November 2022 traffic stop by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Abrego Garcia was driving an SUV with nine Hispanic men when he was handed over for speeding on the Putnam County Interstate 40, about 80 miles east of Nashville, court records said. He was not charged in the case.
Prosecutors now argue that further investigations reveal a stop where Abrego Garcia illegally smuggles immigrants in the United States.
Rob McGuire, who has been the US attorney for the Central District of Tennessee since last year, and attorneys for the Joint Task Force, a unit specifically established to investigate MS-13 gang members, are listed in court records as prosecutors in the case.
ABC News, quoting unnamed sources, Reported late on Friday The decision to pursue charges against Abrego Garcia led to the sudden resignation of Ben Schroeder, the former chief of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Central District of Tennessee.
A spokesman for the U.S. Lawyer’s Office on Friday introduced personnel officers who did not respond immediately on Friday to requests for information on the date and circumstances of Schroeder’s departure, including a copy of his resignation letter.
Schroeder, LinkedIn posT Two weeks ago, he announced his resignation from the job he had for 15 years.
“The only job description I’ve ever known is to do the right thing for the right reasons and for the right reasons.”
Schroeder did not give him a reason for resignation in his public post and did not respond to an email sent to his Vanderbilt University address on Friday.
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