Kilmar Ábrego García released from criminal custody after court order | Kilmar Ábrego García
Kilmar Ábrego García was released on Friday from the criminal guard in Tennessee so that he could join his family in Maryland while waiting for a trial for human smuggling, after a court ordered his release.
Judge Magistrate Barbara Holmes made an order allowing the father of two children to leave custody for the first time since his return to the United States in June, after her unjustified expulsion to El Salvador earlier this year.
In a press release according to his release, the lawyer for Ábrego, Sean Hecker, said: “Today, Kilmar Ábrego García is free. He is currently on his way to his family in Maryland, after being arrested illegally and expelled, then imprisoned, all due to the government’s attack on administration’s remuneration. The American courts have provided a significant regular procedure. »»
Ábrego entered the United States without authorization around 2011 in adolescence after fled the violence of the gangs. He subsequently granted a federal protection order against expulsion in Salvador.
The 30 -year -old was initially expelled by federal immigration officials in March. Although the Trump administration admitted that the expulsion of Ábrego was an “administrative error”, the officials have repeatedly accused Ábrego of being affiliated with the Gang MS-13, a complaint inbrego and his family vehemently deny.
During his detention at the so-called El Salvador (CECOC) terrorism confinement center, Ábrego was physically and psychologically tortured, according to court documents deposited by his lawyers in July.
After the unjustified expulsion of Ábrego, the Trump administration faced generalized pressure to return it to the United States, including an order from the Supreme Court which ordered federal officials to “facilitate” its return.
In June, the Trump administration returned to El Salvador, only to charge him with crimes related to human smuggling, which his lawyers rejected as “absurd”. His criminal trial is expected to start in January.
Before his expulsion, Ábrego lived in Maryland for more than a decade, working in construction while being married to an American woman.
In a legal file this week, his lawyers said that they had hired a “private security company that has experience in the provision of transportation and security services before the trial in criminal affairs” to transport Ábrego du Tennessee to Maryland.
