Summary
Federal prosecutors plan to start new deportation proceedings against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man wrongfully deported earlier. The legal action involves sending him to a third country, not El Salvador, though no immediate steps are planned. Abrego Garcia is currently in detention in Tennessee facing criminal charges, and there's an ongoing legal battle over his deportation and return to the U.S.
Key Facts
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March.
- The U.S. government plans to deport him again, this time to a third country.
- The legal proceedings for this new deportation are not expected to start soon.
- Abrego Garcia is held in Tennessee under human smuggling charges but has pleaded not guilty.
- His lawyers want him moved to Maryland to avoid quick deportation when released from Tennessee custody.
- Abrego Garcia's initial deportation was described by officials as an "administrative error."
- The U.S. government has accused him of being linked to the MS-13 gang, based partly on a 2022 traffic stop video.
- A court had earlier ruled that the government must help bring Abrego Garcia back to the U.S. after his mistaken deportation.
