Headline Changed: Kilmar Abrego Garcia back in US to face charges of helping traffic 'thousands' of migrants

[chowder66]

Source: ABC News

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.

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.

The alleged conspiracy spanned nearly a decade and involved the domestic transport of thousands of non-citizens, including some children, from Mexico and Central America.

more at link.....


Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenly-deported-kilmar-abrego-garcia-back-us-face/story?id=121333122&cid=social_twitter_abcn

[Sneederbunk]

1. TACO?

[SSJVegeta]

25. Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos with extra beef TACO

[rzemanfl]

2. Wait! Wasn't it Ron DeSatan who did that thing?

[SunSeeker]

5. Yes! Good point!

[BonnieJW]

12. And TX gov too

[SunSeeker]

14. Blatant selective prosecution!

Weaponized political DOJ!

[choie]

48. It's not only blatant and weaponized

the charges are probably bullshit.

[Conjuay]

82. Of course it's BULLSHIT.

It took them 2 months to gather enough 'witnesses'.

[rzemanfl]

21. I would subpoena the governors of Florida and Texas if I were defending the guy.

[NBachers]

81. Where are all the kids that were trafficked to pseudo-religious loonies and , , , other nightmare elements?

[Demovictory9]

3. Wow..finally

[magicarpet]

4. Did they find something or did they manufacture something ?

Then Team trDUMP can wash their hands and exonerate themselves of any wrong doings involving this illegal deportation without due process, just cause, or reason ?

[Attilatheblond]

32. My guess: the tatoos they had added to his hand have healed enough that they don't show as brand new

Trump gotta save face for showing that photo shopped 'evidence'

[intheflow]

35. Manufactured.

The big ding on his history was that he was driving a car with, I can't remember exactly, maybe 5-10 people. They were driving to a work site many miles away, and his license had expired. He was let off with a warning. This indictment came about just last week in a secret closed jury, as the regime is trying to cover their asses. They're still claiming he has ties to M-13, though the indictment doesn't provide any proof.

Here's the link to the court doc: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104621/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104621.3.0.pdf

[appmanga]

79. The indictment is close to a joke...

...it accuses some people of getting money through wire transfers, but none of the those persons are Abrego-Garcia. The only thing they have that's solid is the Tennessee traffic stop, where none of the persons in the car other than Abrego-Garcia were identified.

This might not get laughed out of court, but if Abrego-Garcia has any kind of competent legal representation this case is going nowhere.

[ananda]

38. I figure that's why it took them so long...

to figure out how to game the system to make
Garcia a criminal in order to justify deporations
at will with no due process.

[ificandream]

54. My first thought, too ...

They would have said something sooner …

[Igel]

67. The claims have been "out there"--with video and court docs--for a while.

Silos.

You're wheat.

This was in the triticale silo.

[SunSeeker]

6. How are they going to prove he knew they were undocumented?

Indeed, how are they going to prove his passengers were indeed here illegally at that moment in time?

[chowder66]

13. Tell all the other immigrants to testify against him so they won't be sent off to a horrible prison in another country?

My guess is that they stalled until they got enough to agree to lie for them.

But I'm getting really conspiracy minded lately because of the creepy fucks in charge.

Hopefully, lawyers for Kilmer will blow holes in any testimony.

[wolfie001]

7. Not a criminal in the least

Now the fat felon in the WH is a different story.

[AZJonnie]

8. Uh-huh. Right.

Funny how the charges were just filed last month, isn't it? He probably like picked up his cousins at the border one time or some shit.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Total bullsh*t.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. I thought the DOJ told the courts they couldn't get him back.

[WestMichRad]

52. Just another of DOJ's lies in court.

[angrychair]

11. What nonsense is this?

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They have NEVER said this once. I thought he was some dangerous gang leader from New York? Not he was smuggling people across the country?
He should sue the government for slander and defamation.

[FakeNoose]

16. I hope he gets a very good lawyer

Those charges are ridiculous.

[JBTaurus83]

15. So why not just have this trial to begin with?

Sounds like a setup.

[chowder66]

18. It does sound like a set up.

They are trying to make the 2002 traffic stop with all the workers in his truck the basis for this.
He was driving a bunch of workers and the Tennessee troopers thought it looked like trafficking but they let him go per the FBI's direction.

My guess is that they have pressured some of these other workers or other people to testify by threatening them with prison in another country using Kilmar's treatment as an example. So now they have their case.

Here is some cagey information about the stop...

https://www.theohiopressnetwork.com/news/us/fbi-directs-all-questions-regarding-kilmar-abrego-garcia-to-other-agencies/article_27325c0b-0c02-4528-9f83-ce09e1e7f9c8.html

[tonekat]

17. Now bring back the other guy!

Andry Hernandez Romero

Last I heard a judge dismissed his asylum case.

[chowder66]

20. The Immigrant Defenders Law Center is fighting for his return.

SAN DIEGO, CA -- On May 27, 2025, one day prior to a scheduled court hearing, Immigration Judge Paula Dixon granted the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s motion to dismiss asylum proceedings for Andry José Hernández Romero. Andry is a 32-year-old Venezuelan man imprisoned - at the U.S. government’s direction and expense - at El Salvador’s notorious CECOT mega-prison. Andry is a gifted makeup artist and actor who came to the United States in 2024 seeking asylum from persecution in Venezuela related to his sexual orientation and political beliefs. DHS claimed Andry’s tattoos connect him to the Tren de Aragua gang but never afforded Andry or his legal team the opportunity to rebut the baseless allegations in court. Andry has no criminal history in his home country or the United States.

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“DHS is doing everything it can to erase the fact that Andry came to the United States seeking asylum and he was denied due process as required by our Constitution. We should all be incredibly alarmed at what has happened in Andry’s case. The idea that the government can disappear you because of your tattoos, and never even give you a day in court, should send a chill down the spine of every American. If this can happen to Andry, it can happen to any one of us.

The dismissal of his asylum claim is not the end of Andry’s story. Andry’s life depends on us holding the Trump administration accountable for what they have done to him. The fight for justice for Andry, our seven other ImmDef clients imprisoned at CECOT, and all the men unjustly disappeared continues with renewed determination today. We will continue to fight until Andry is safe and free.”

https://www.immdef.org/blog/andryasylumcase52925

[otchmoson]

19. How about a jury trial

with a juror or two with enough spine to yell "nullification"!

[twodogsbarking]

22. He needs supported not just for him but for us all. I am assuming a swimming pool full of attorneys

are waiting file suits on his behalf. The evidence seems to support that he was fucked.

[rurallib]

33. The top graduates from Harvard law school would be a nice touch

[sheshe2]

73. I like how you think!

[otchmoson]

23. Bondi--What a joke!

Today at a press conference she talks about Abrego Garcia's crimes and due process. A few weeks ago, she looked into the camera and said, "He's never coming back. He'll never set foot on American soil again." Perhaps she should remember the old saying: "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt"

[the nelm]

50. It also sounded like she was attempting to the try the case in the press...

by piling on with all that other krap she spouted versus just reporting that he'd been returned and reciting the actual crimes he would be charged with.

[BOSSHOG]

62. She's a fool either way

A horrible treasonous bastard with no concern for her future. Shoo in candidate for disbarment.

[LittleGirl]

24. So they manufactured a reason?

Isn’t it so obvious?
It took two months to come up with this b.s. charge.

Come on. This is political nonsense.

[Irish_Dem]

27. It took them two months to fabricate the evidence and coach witnesses to lie.

[chowder66]

28. I'm thinking that's the case as I've suggested twice in the thread. AND they are holding a press conference right now

Pam Bondi replied to a reporter that this is based on "recently found facts".

[Botany]

84. So they manufactured a reason?

Yup.

Btw if these were real charges why didn’t they just put him on trial in
the United States in the first place?

I hope he has a good lawyer and sues the hell out of those bastards.

[reACTIONary]

26. Well now we know he wasn't....

... a gang member, if this is all they've got on him.

He's probably got a good case for asylum, since going back to El Salvador now would not be good for his health.

[intheflow]

37. The closed jury indictment still references M-13.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104621/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104621.3.0.pdf

[reACTIONary]

57. OK, well at least they will be required to...

.. prove it, rather than to suspicion it.

[scarletlib]

29. According to the White House press conference he is evil incarnate.

I am surprised that he hasn’t been charged with driving in the last 2 nails into Jesus at the Crucifixion.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

41. Perfect, scarletlib!

ROFL!!!

[Ollie Garkie]

30. Im sure

He has some interesting stories to tell. Maybe he'll get the Epstein treatment.

[rurallib]

34. was there any pictures of his hands to see if the alleged tattoos

were on his fingers? I tried to look but saw nothing

[Sessuch]

65. First a 13 member; now a COYOTE

[fujiyamasan]

36. Sounds like a a weak case

I’d have to wonder if the case was so strong, why not indict him in the first place? This is another example of Trump wanting to deport just to make the numbers, due process be damned.

I’m making no judgement on garcia’s guilt or innocence. Maybe he’s not a great person. It really doesn’t matter. At least now Garcia won’t be rotting away in that prison in El Salvador and will have his day in court. I’m glad the courts haven’t completely given in (yet).

[Deuxcents]

61. They need to bring back the 209 people deported without due process, too

[tulipsandroses]

39. Why weren't they saying this all along? After it was determined he was mistakenly deported, they attempted to

smear him with the altercation with his wife. That did not stick. Gang member did not stick. So now he was smuggling women and children. Very predictable.

[WarGamer]

40. For those who are curious... here's the body cam of the incident.

?si=ZQOmOoG4uE0kKVTq

[BaronChocula]

42. Is that headline correct?

Was he MISTAKENLY deported or WRONGLY deported. I would say the latter.

[chowder66]

46. That's what it said when I posted it. It has changed but it's in the first paragraph now.

I have updated the headline.

[BaronChocula]

58. My question definitely wasn't to criticize you

And thanks for posting by the way.
ABC New should have known better.

[chowder66]

59. Oh I didn't take it that way. I'm glad you mentioned it because they change their headlines all the time.

It's annoying.

[Littlered]

43. I believe we are about

To see the unintended consequences of bringing him back for his “due process.” I hope I am wrong, but based the brief amount I just read at cnn. I have a feeling his life is going to take a substantial turn for the worse now. I never really understood why he was incarcerated down there in the first place. Does anyone here know why?

[Scrivener7]

44. He ran an illegal immigrant trafficking organization from Maryland?? Doesn't that seem a little unlikely??

Not buying it for a second.

[chowder66]

45. It smells.

[ToxMarz]

55. Knowing this DOJ, he was probably just an Uber driver.

[WmChris]

47. There are other

How about the Texas caravans I believe they transported immigrants leagal or otherwise into the interior. The way they were herded onto buses they couldn't have very well vetted, especially since the whole idea was to own the libs with major influxes of immigrants.

[BurnDoubt]

49. His problem is he chose the wrong crimes...

He should have stolen some classified documents and stored them in his shitter, or grabbed a woman's pussy... or... or..."colluded" with Russia, Russia, Russia. They may be right... maybe it IS all about "choices".
In any case, it would have been better for him if he intimidated the Press and Congress and appointed his own Judges.

[Hassler]

51. It's another Taco un Pollo Friday.

[chowder66]

53. From the article....abrupt departure of Ben Schrader

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. Schrader's resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons, the sources said.

Schrader, who spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Nashville and was most recently the chief of the criminal division, declined to comment when contacted by ABC News.

[OrlandoDem2]

56. If I'm on that jury I'm voting not guilty.

[rampartd]

60. "transporting undocumented immigrants"

could be as simple as giving a neighbor a ride to work.

[chowder66]

64. He said he was driving workers from the job site they were on in St. Louis.

Someone like a boss or a colleague could have asked him to drive them to the next job site. They didn't have any luggage which is why the trooper suspected trafficking but that still doesn't mean that Kilmar was aware. He was just driving them to a drop off point it seems. Supposedly the FBI told the TN troopers to let him go but that's all getting really sketchy. They say to talk to TN and TN supposedly hasn't released all of the video where they are talking to Federal agents.

[Norrrm]

63. TACO chickened out again? It was 'no way/impossible' that Kilmar would be brought back?

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

66. Yeah. No.

"Oh, look what we just found! Something from 3 years ago. This will reduce our collective embarrassment when Garcia gets released because we don't have a case. People will forget we seized and deported him without due process"

[chowder66]

68. What sucks is that there will be no jury trial about the deportation so it won't come into the trial for trafficking.

[k_buddy762]

69. He's cooked

The smuggling charges will be rough, but the federal conspiracy charges are what's going to put him away for a long time. If the evidence that is alleged to exist is real. They'll get him on RICO.

[travelingthrulife]

70. Then DeSantis needs to be brought up on the same charges

[Trumpdumper]

71. Total bullshit.

30-minute deliberation if DOJ is stupid enough to allow its "case" come to that. Not-guilty verdict. This is so abominable.

[Baitball Blogger]

72. They're playing this up for the stupids in the base that believe anything they say.

[BidenRocks]

74. Thousands?

Are they counting sperm cells?

[Figarosmom]

75. So what were the red state Governors doing when they put

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Immigrants on busses and sent them all over the country? They paid for it so they should also be charges with transporting.

[Jeebo]

76. "Thousands" of migrants?

Do they understand what the word "hyperbole" means?

— Ron

[Justice Brandeis]

77. My guess is that this case will eventually fall apart.

nt

[chowder66]

78. Yep. Get a load of this....

Bondi DOJ has a problem.

On left:

DOJ Indictment and Detention Memo allege Abrego Garcia lied to officer by not revealing he was coming from Texas

On right:

DHS Referral Report: "Subject stated he was driving 'three days ago' (11/27/2022) from Houston, TX to Temple Hills, MD (via St Louis, MO)"

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw.bsky.social) 2025-06-07T00:56:34.746Z

[Picaro]

80. This of course is bullshit on its face

This is like the Nixon era.

Look up the Chicago Seven sometime. American injustice at its best.

We got spoiled by the Burger court. We had, for a brief moment in time, a Supreme Court that was actually interested in advancing justice and expanding Constitutional protections to what were actually intended (but not for slaves—that had to wait until after the Civil War). That time, unfortunately, didn’t last.

The SC is now issuing rulings without regard to the Constitution, the law, or any sort of logic.

[twodogsbarking]

85. Are we sure he didn't traffic millions and millions?

Fuck you Trump.

[Bengus81]

86. "A grand jury will indict a ham sandwich" Heard it before but had to look it up

to make sure I had it right. And...that's what they've done here

[lark]

87. LIES, 100% ALL LIES!

If it were true they would have mentioned it before, but now they've got their made up story fabricated, it's what they are going with this time.

[DrFunkenstein]

88. This is Explosive! This Guy Was Smuggling ALIENS!

Forget about Area 51, this is the biggest news since X Files first hit the airwaves!

What secrets about the aliens does this man know!?! Who built the pyramids!?!

[Jilly_in_VA]

89. This is such a BULLSHIT charge!

He was driving back from a construction job with what, six other guys in a van? JFRC, how is this smuggling "thousands" of migrants? this smells like really old TACOS!!!!!!!

[LudwigPastorius]

90. Cool.

Then Gregg Abbott should be facing at least 100,000 years in prison.

https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/texas-transports-over-100000-migrants-to-sanctuary-cities

[NotHardly]

91. Literally "Trumped up" charges

[LetMyPeopleVote]

92. Abrego Garcia's lawyers argue Maryland case is not over until government is 'held accountable'

Bondi and the DOJ are still subject to sanctions and other remedies. This case should not be dismissed without sanctions

Abrego Garcia’s lawyers argue Maryland case is not over until government is ‘held accountable’

— IL Valley Connected (@ilvalleyconnected.bsky.social) 2025-06-09T16:35:08.882Z

https://abcnews.go.com/US/abrego-garcias-lawyers-argue-maryland-case-government-held/story?id=122652258&cid=social_twitter_abcnp

To characterize the Trump administration as "having complied" with a federal judge's order to facilitate the return of mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia is "pure farce," his attorneys said in a court filing.

The filing, on Sunday, came two days after Abrego Garcia was brought back to the U.S. from his native El Salvador to face criminal charges in Tennessee, following a series of court battles in which the Trump administration repeatedly said it was unable to bring him back.

In April, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland ordered the Trump administration to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return to the United States after he was deported in March to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison -- despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to that country due to fear of persecution -- based on the Trump administration's claimed that he was a member of the criminal gang MS-13, which his wife and attorneys deny......

In Sunday's filing, Abrego Garcia's attorneys said Maryland case it not over until the government is "held accountable" for "its blatant, willful, and persistent violations of court orders at excruciating cost to Abrego Garcia and his family." They argued that, despite his return, the case is "not moot" because the court continues to have a role "to ensure that [Abrego Garcia's] case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador."

The lawyers said the Trump administration "has acted not just in contempt of multiple court orders but with open defiance towards its coequal branch of government, the judiciary."

[maxsolomon]

93. TWENTY THREE years later?

Never speed when you're doing shady stuff. Don't go too slow, either. Just like a couple miles an hour over the speed limit.