To hear the Trump administration tell it, Kilmar Abrego Garcia smuggled thousands of people across the country who were living in the U.S. illegally, including members of the violent MS-13 gang,

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, is back in the United States after being indicted in Tennessee on federal charges involving migrant smuggling, Attorney General Pam Bondi said.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland sheet metal worker, was deported in March 2025 to a notorious prison in El Salvador.