Summary
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident previously deported to El Salvador, may be detained by immigration officials again after being released from custody in Tennessee. His attorney stated that U.S. authorities plan to deport him to Uganda, a move seen as an attempt to make him accept a plea deal.
Key Facts
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia was wrongly deported to El Salvador and returned to the U.S.
- He was released from criminal custody in Tennessee on Friday.
- Garcia is to report to an ICE detention center in Baltimore.
- Authorities plan to deport him to Uganda after he declined a plea deal involving deportation to Costa Rica.
- He is currently monitored by the U.S. Marshals Service using a GPS ankle bracelet.
- Concerns exist that deporting him to Uganda is a method to ultimately send him back to El Salvador.
- ICE has not provided a statement regarding the situation.
