Two years after he was pulled over during a traffic stop in Tennessee, prosecutors have charged Kilmar Abrego Garcia with human smuggling.

Two years after he was pulled over during a traffic stop in Tennessee, prosecutors have charged Kilmar Abrego Garcia with human smuggling.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the immigrant at the heart of dispute over Trump's mass deportations, pleaded not guilty to human smuggling.

The Salvadoran man was mistakenly deported in a widely publicised case, but was brought back to the US to face criminal charges.

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

The Salvadoran migrant was wrongly deported to El Salvador, prompting outrage over Trump’s mass deportation campaign.