Abrego Garcia Charged With Illegally Transporting Migrants
Chris Van Hollen meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, left, at an undisclosed location in San Salvador, El Salvador, in this handout provided by Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s Office, on April 17.
Photographer: Press Office Senator Van Hollen/AP PhotoKilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador, has been brought back to the US to face federal charges that he illegally transported undocumented immigrants within the country.
Abrego Garcia was indicted by a grand jury in Tennessee in May, according to court filings. He appeared in a Tennessee courtroom Friday, hours after he was returned to the US, ABC reported. Attorney General Pam Bondi said an investigation determined that he was member of the criminal gang MS-13 and a “danger to our community.”