Kilmar Abrego Garcia notified by ICE that he may be deported to Uganda
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man who was wrongly deported to a high security prison in El Salvador, was informed by the immigration authorities that he could be expelled in Uganda, less than 24 hours after his release from the Federal Guard.
Abrego “can be sent back to Uganda no less than 72 hours in the absence of a weekend,” said a familiar source with the NBC News case on Saturday.
The father of three was accidentally expelled to Cecot du Salvador prison, notorious for his difficult conditions, in March, in what they called an “administrative error”.
His expulsion was in conflict with a reservoir of the 2019 referral order which prevents Abrego’s expulsion to El Salvador, where comes, due to the concerns that he would be persecuted by violent gangs. The 2019 Protection Order does not prevent Grego to be expelled in another country.
After months of resistance, the Trump administration brought Abego to the United States in June.
The administration immediately imprisoned Abrego and accused him of a conspiracy to illegally transport illegal foreigners for financial purposes and illegal transport of illegal foreigners for financial purposes. He pleaded not guilty of the accusations.
For months, the administration has also accused Abrego of being a member of the MS-13 violent gang, which his lawyers and family members have denied several times. ABREGO lawyers said he had illegally immigrated to the United States at the age of 16 to join his brother in Maryland to escape gangdor violence in Salvador.
On Friday, Abrego was released as a parole of the prison where he was detained, near Nashville, Tennessee, and immediately returned to Maryland. He found his family after spending almost half of his home.
The images of reunification, published by the defenders, show an abbreviation with tearful eyes holding his youngest son, who was with his father when Abrego was recovered by the immigration authorities in March.
“Today was a very special day because I saw my family for the first time in more than 160 days,” he said in a statement on Friday.
“I would like to thank everyone who supported me because after this long period, I saw that so many people have been by my side with such positivity,” he added. “Today, I am grateful to God because he heard me and today I got out. We are closer to justice, but justice has not been fully signified.”
Friday, the White House continued to reprimand Abrego, accusing him of being a violent gang member.
“He will face justice for his crimes. It is an insult to his victims that this left magistrate intervened to put him back in the street,” said the White House spokesman Abigail Jackson, in a statement. “Garcia will be subject to ankle monitoring to ensure the security of the American public until new measures can be taken.”
The secretary of the Department of Internal Security, Kristi Noem, described the release of Abrego “a new hollow”.
“By ordering this monster loose in the American streets, this judge has shown total contempt for the security of the American people,” she wrote on X. “We will not stop fighting until this Salvadoral man faces justice and does not leave our country.”
ABREGO lawyers have now informed the judge of the Tennessee district that Ice informed Abrego of his intention to deport him to Uganda. Abrego could not face the criminal charges of human trafficking against him by the Ministry of Justice in this case if he is outside the country.
His trial is scheduled for January.
