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Kilmar Abrego Garcia charged with migrant smuggling after return from El Salvador

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USA TODAY

Daily News, News

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been returned to the U.S. He now faces human trafficking charges.

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USA TODAY White House Correspondent Francesca Chambers talks about new Trump executive orders centered on flying cars and high speed air travel.

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0:00.0

Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Saturday, June 7, 2025. This is the excerpt.

0:14.9

Today, the latest on Kilmar-Abrego-Garcia's return to the country and the charges he faces,

0:19.9

plus how advocates call out the Trump

0:21.3

administration over some of its moves ahead of Pride Month. And new executive orders have to do with the

0:26.1

future of flying cars. Gilmar Abrago Garcia has been returned to the U.S. The man mistakenly

0:33.7

deported from Maryland to El Salvador by the Trump administration will now face criminal

0:37.9

charges of transporting illegal immigrants within the U.S.

0:40.8

The grand jury found that over the past nine years, Abrago Garcia has played a significant

0:47.8

role in an alien smuggling ring.

0:52.1

That's Attorney General Pam Bondi.

0:54.1

If convicted, Abrago Garcia would be deported to

0:56.2

El Salvador after serving his sentence, according to Bondi. The Trump administration has said

1:00.7

Abrago Garcia was a member of the MS-13 gang, which his lawyers deny. Trump said the

1:05.7

Justice Department made a decision, quote, to bring him back, show everybody how horrible this guy is, unquote.

1:11.8

Salvador and President Naibu Kelle said on social media, he sent Abrago Garcia to the U.S.

1:16.5

at the Trump administration's request.

1:18.7

His explanation came after the administration spent weeks telling judges it could not compel

1:23.1

Abrago Garcia's return.

1:25.1

His attorney, Simon Sandoval-Motionberg, said the government

1:27.7

disappeared Kilmar to a foreign prison in violation of a court order. And he said that now,

1:32.8

after months of delay and secrecy, they're bringing him back not to correct their error,

1:37.2

but to prosecute him. You can read more with a link in today's show notes.

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