US man mistakenly deported to El Salvador has criminal case dismissed by judge | BBC News
A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year.
Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate over the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, returned to the US in June after the government admitted it had wrongfully sent him back to his native country.
After his return, federal prosecutors charged him with human smuggling over a 2022 incident in Tennessee where he was found to have several people in his car during a traffic stop. He pleaded not guilty.
On Friday, the federal judge dismissed the case and said Abrego Garcia had been charged for political reasons.
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