Donald Trump has called Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “bad guy” and backed the decision to return him to the US to face criminal charges. Abrego Garcia was wrongly deported to El Salvador nearly three months ago under the Trump administration. He was returned to the US on Friday (6 June) and charged with trafficking migrants into the country. The charges relate to a 2022 traffic stop, during which the Tennessee Highway Patrol suspected him of human trafficking. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Trump said: “By bringing him back, you show how bad he is.” “He’s a bad guy,” he added.

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.

Migrant was one of hundreds expelled by Donald Trump

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.

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.

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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.

For the nearly three months before the Justice Department secured an indictment against the man, it had repeatedly flouted a series of court orders to “facilitate” his release…

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.

Donald Trump has called Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “bad guy” and backed the decision to return him to the US to face criminal charges. Abrego Garcia was wrongly deported to El…

The president weighed in on the prosecution of the man mistakenly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador, then brought back to the U.S. only to face criminal charges.

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.”