Alleged MS-13 gangbanger and accused human smuggler Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from a Tennessee jail Friday, with private security escorting him back to his family in Maryland.
Abrego Garcia, 30, had been held at the Putnam County Jail since June, when the Trump administration facilitated his return from El Salvador for prosecution on human smuggling charges.
“Today, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free.
He is presently en route to his family in Maryland, after being unlawfully arrested and deported, and then imprisoned, all because of the government’s vindictive attack on a man who had the courage to fight back against the Administration’s continuing assault on the rule of law,” his attorney, Sean Hecker, told Fox17.
“He is grateful that his access to American courts has provided meaningful due process,” he added.
The illegal migrant’s attorneys wrote in court filings earlier this week that they had hired a private security company to accompany him from Tennessee to Maryland.
US Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes granted his release on Friday while his federal human smuggling case continues.
The smuggling allegations stem from a 2022 traffic stop where he was pulled over on a Tennessee highway with eight passengers in the car, but no luggage. Police in Tennessee had suspected human smuggling, but he was not charged at the time. --->READ MORE HERE
Abrego Garcia will remain under ICE supervision while he awaits trial for charges of transporting illegal migrants
Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from federal custody Friday in Tennesee and is slated to return to his family in Maryland, though his legal proceedings are far from over.
Abrego Garcia, who was charged earlier this year with transporting illegal migrants in the U.S., will remain under the custody of his brother.
The criminal investigation that resulted in those charges, stemming from a 2022 traffic stop, was later revealed to have begun while he was detained in El Salvador, raising questions about the nature of the probe.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes on Friday entered a new federal court order in the Middle District of Tennessee detailing certain conditions of his release from federal custody, where his attorneys had asked that he be held in custody for an additional 30 days, citing fears that he would immediately be arrested by ICE and deported again— this time to a third country, such as Mexico or South Sudan.
The order Friday codifies certain conditions of Abrego Garcia's release. It clarifies that he should be placed in the custody of his brother— who is his designated third-party custodian— prior to trial. Abrego Garcia will also be required to wear an electronic monitoring device, and report to Pretrial Services for the District of Maryland ahead of his trial.
He must report there no later than 10 a.m. on Monday, August 25, Judge Holmes said.
"Thereafter, Abrego must remain in the custody of his brother as the designated third-party custodian and in compliance with all conditions of pretrial release," she said in her order.
The Justice Department had argued against his release, alleging he was a danger to the community.
But both U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes and U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw separately determined that Abrego Garcia was eligible to be released from criminal custody pending trial. --->READ MORE HERE
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