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Almost two months have passed since the Supreme Court of Donald Trump ordered, Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. A man from Maryland, whom his government illegally deported into the notorious prison system from El Salvador.
Administration ignored court decisions first
The Trump government finally followed this instruction on Friday. And brought Abrego Garcia back to the United States. At the same time, she published an indictment of a Grand jury against him in Tennessee, dated May 21. In which he is charged with “smuggling foreigners and conspiracy for the smuggling of foreigners”.
Abrego Garcia was one of hundreds of immigrants who deported the government to El Salvador in March without proper proceedings. Contrary to a judicial order. Unlike many of these immigrants, Abrego Garcia originally comes from El Salvador. However, he had previously been granted a “deportation protection”, which expressly prohibited his deportation to El Salvador. Which is why the Supreme Court classified its deportation as “illegal”.
Before the announcement on Friday, the government had publicly refused to comply with the order of the Supreme Court. Just like the orders of a district court in Maryland and the Court of Appeals of the Fourth District. Leading Trump officials claimed that the government would never bring Abrego Garcia back. And couldn’t. Because she put him in the care of a sovereign nation, El Salvador. The US government pays millions of dollars to accommodate immigration prisoners.
Internal criticism of politically motivated law enforcement
This attitude now seems to have changed. Because the USA is accused of aberro Garcia because of actual crimes. Although Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was one of those who promised that he would never come back to our country “, continued to maintain the fairy tale that Trump needed El Salvador’s permission to bring Abarmo Garcia back to the USA.
“We are President [Nayib] Bukele gratefully gratefully agreed to bring him back to our country, “Bondi said in front of reporters on Friday. And added:” That is what American justice means. “
On Friday, ABC News reported that Ben Schrader, a high-ranking prosecutor in the US public prosecutor’s office for the Middle District of Tennessee, had resigned because of the decision to pursue the indictment against Abrego Garcia. According to sources, “Schrader’s resignation was triggered by concerns that the procedure would be persecuted for political reasons.” ´
According to the indictment, the Grand Jury is accusing Abrego Garcia: “(1) to have locked thousands of undocumented foreigners to the United States. (2) Ms-13 supporters and supporters of MS-13. (3) to have transported numerous MS-13 gang members from Central America to the US to have used to have used to maximize children through the USA in the lock of foreigners.
Connection to fatal smuggling ring
Bondi said that Abrego Garcia “pursued in our country in criminal law, convicted in our country – if he is spoken guilty – and after serving his punishment [nach El Salvador] is brought back. “
She explained some of the allegations in the indictment. “The accused is accused of being part of the same smuggling ring, which is responsible for the death of more than 50 migrants in 2021 after a truck in Mexico has fallen. That is part of it,” said Bondi. And added: “A co -swörer claims that the defendant had requested nude photos and videos of a minor. Another co -mistake claimed that the accused had played a role in the murder of the mother of a rival gang member. These facts show that Abrego Garcia is a danger to our community.”
When asked on Friday as to whether the return of Abrego Garcia should be seen as the compliance with the decision of the Supreme Court, the deputy attorney in general Todd Blanche said: “There is a big difference between the status of things before the indictment and afterwards. The reason why he has returned and has been returned is the warrant that was presented to the government of El Salvador.”
Government wants to have procedures hired
He added: “I would suspect whether this makes the ongoing lawsuit in Maryland.
Shortly after Bondi’s press conference, lawyers from the Ministry of Justice submitted a letter to the court in Maryland, in which they informed the judge that the government had now complied with its order for the return of Abrego Garcia to the USA.
“In view of this development, the injunction from the court should be canceled and the underlying procedure should be set as objective,” wrote the lawyers. “The defendants intend to formally apply for the plaintiff’s complaint.”