The 10-page indictment, filed more than two weeks ago, charges the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador with crimes related to transporting undocumented migrants. The prospect of a U.S. trial could provide an offramp for the Trump administration, which had bitterly opposed court orders requiring the government to take steps to return him to the U.S.

Devlin Barrett and Glenn Thrush reported from Washington, and Alan Feuer from New York.

The Trump administration sent Abrego Garcia to an infamous megaprison and defied a Supreme Court order to facilitate his return.

The case became a lightning rod for criticism of Trump’s immigration policies, after Abrego Garcia was wrongly sent to El Salvador.

The Trump administration sent Abrego Garcia to an infamous mega-prison and has defied a Supreme Court order to facilitate his return.

The Trump administration initially accepted it had made a mistake in deporting Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father-of-three who arrived in the US more than a decade ago.

The 10-page indictment, filed more than two weeks ago, charges the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador with crimes related to transporting undocumented migrants. The…

After his mistaken deportation to El Salvador, Abrego Garcia faces US charges of transporting undocumented migrants.

When was Kilmar Abrego Garcia deported? Was he here legally? When was his traffic stop? Find out with our updated timeline.

Man mistakenly deported to El Salvador indicted on counts of illegally smuggling undocumented people, says Bondi

Salvadoran Kilmar Ábrego García, whose case became a political flashpoint, has been charged with human trafficking by US officials.

After being wrongly deported to El Salvador in March, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is returning to the U.S. to face human trafficking charges.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, is back in the United States after being indicted in Tennessee on federal charges involving migrant…

Three months after being wrongly deported to El Salvador, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was flown back to the United States on Friday to face federal charges.

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had been living in Maryland and legally protected from deportation, had been held in a Salvadoran prison since March 15.

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s lawyers accused the Trump administration of spending months “engaged in an elaborate, all-of-government effort to defy court orders.”