The DOJ said Thursday that it intends to try Kilmar Abrego Garcia on federal smuggling charges in Tennessee before it moves to deport him to a country that is not his native country of El Salvador.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia will remain in jail for at least a few more days while attorneys in the federal smuggling case against him spar over whether prosecutors can prevent his deportation if he is ...

The new details about Abrego Garcia’s alleged “full-time job” come from co-conspirators and witnesses cooperating with the feds’ human smuggling case against the Salvadoran national.

The first day of a pretrial hearing for alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia recessed after nearly six hours Friday. The judge has yet to rule on keeping him in custody.

A magistrate judge is taking hours of testimony and arguments under advisement as she weighs whether to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia pending trial.

Friday's hearing will also focus on whether Abrego Garcia should be released from jail while awaiting trial on the smuggling charges.

Mistakenly deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges in a Nashville courtroom on Friday after being returned to the U.S. from a Salvadoran prison to face trial… ...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident who was erroneously sent to a prison in El Salvador and returned to the United States last week, pleaded not guilty on Friday to human smuggling charges.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges during an arraignment in federal court in Tennessee on Friday. Abrego Garcia is a citizen of El ...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, pleaded not guilty on Friday to human smuggling charges in a federal ...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Friday formally pleaded not-guilty to federal human trafficking and conspiracy charges.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported to an El Salvador prison in March 2025.