Kilmar Abrego Garcia's transition from mild-mannered, margarita-sipping "Maryland father" to extradited-from-El-Salvador-back-to-Tennessee-to-face-human-trafficking-charges criminal defendant has been rather fascinating to observe.
As Bonchie reported, Abrego Garcia, who's been detained in El Salvador since his removal from the U.S. back to his home country in March, is coming back to the U.S. after all — pursuant to an indictment filed (under seal) in May.
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The indictment charges Abrego Garcia with Conspiracy to Transport Aliens and Unlawful Transportation of Undocumented Aliens.
Attorney General Pam Bondi held a press conference Friday afternoon regarding the indictment and highlighted the criminal actions Abrego Garcia stands accused of:
"We want to thank President Bukele for agreeing to return Abrego Garcia to the United States. Our government presented El Salvador with an arrest warrant, and they agreed to return him to our country. We’re grateful to President Bukele for agreeing to return him to our country to face these very serious charges. This is what American justice looks like.
"Upon completion of his sentence, we anticipate he will be returned to his home country of El Salvador. The grand jury found that over the past nine years, Abrego Garcia has played a significant role in an alien smuggling ring. They found this was his full-time job — not a contractor. He was a smuggler of humans and children and women.
"He made over 100 trips, the grand jury found, smuggling people throughout our country — MS-13 members, violent gang, terrorist organization members — throughout our country. Thousands of illegal aliens were smuggled. This is especially disturbing because Abrego Garcia is also alleged with transporting minor children. The defendant traded the innocence of minor children for profit."
All of that would be bad enough — but wait, there's more:
"There are even more disturbing facts that the grand jury uncovered. It is alleged this defendant is part of the same smuggling ring responsible for the death of more than 50 immigrants in 2021 after the tractor-trailer overturned in Mexico — this is part of that same ring. The defendant, abused undocumented, alien females, according to co-conspirators, who were under his control while transporting them throughout our country.
"This defendant trafficked firearms and narcotics throughout our country on multiple occasions. They were using vehicles — SUVs — with added seats in the back, floors that had been ripped out — guns, narcotics, children, women, MS-13 members — that is what the grand jury found. A co-conspirator alleged that the defendant solicited nude photographs and videos of a minor. A co-conspirator also alleges the defendant played a role in the murder of a rival gang member's mother."
One wonders whether and to what extent some of this information was provided to the Maryland District Court presiding over his habeas case. As readers may recall, after blistering the Trump administration for failing to comply with her orders, Judge Paula Xinis, in late April, abruptly pressed pause on discovery in the case.
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The discovery resumed in the case shortly thereafter, but the administration has now filed a notice with the court to affirm that they have now, in fact, facilitated Abrego Garcia's return to the U.S., and request that further proceedings be stayed, which they presumably will be in order to allow for the criminal case to proceed in Tennessee.
Alas, St. Kilmar, we knew him well...
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