A Salvadoran national deported under President Trump is now on his way back to the United States as an accused criminal, according to court documents obtained by Fox News. Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is charged in a sealed federal indictment out of Tennessee with conspiracy to unlawfully transport illegal aliens for financial gain and unlawful transportation of illegal aliens. Attorney General Pam Bondi made the announcement alongside Deputy AG Todd Blanche on Friday. Abrego Garcia allegedly moved illegal immigrants from Texas to interior states, in what courts say was an organized operation stretching back years. Children were among those allegedly trafficked. The indictment, filed under seal last month, includes two felony counts. ABC reports that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been in direct contact with El Salvador’s president Bukele to coordinate Garcia’s return to U.S. custody. Abrego Garcia was reportedly sent to the notorious CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador after deportation, despite a 2019 court order temporarily blocking his removal due to claimed fears of persecution.
DOJ charges Kilmar Abrego Garcia with human trafficking
