Judge Dismisses Criminal Charges Against Kilmar Ábrego García
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — A federal judge dismissed the human smuggling charges against Kilmar Ábrego Garcia on Friday, whose wrongful deportation helped galvanize opposition to President Donald Trump's immigration policies. Ábrego Garcia's deportation to El Salvador last year became an embarrassing situation for Trump officials when they were ordered to bring him back to the United States. Ábrego Garcia argued that both the timing of the criminal charges and the inflammatory statements made about him by high-ranking Trump officials demonstrated that the prosecution was vindictive in nature. U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, ruling from Nashville, granted Ábrego Garcia's motion to dismiss the case for 'selective or vindictive prosecution.' 'Without Ábrego Garcia's successful lawsuit challenging his removal to El Salvador, the government would not have initiated this legal process,' Crenshaw stated, dismissing arguments about the existence of 'new evidence' against him.
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