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Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks US judge in Tennessee to dismiss his criminal case, saying it’s vindictive

Kilmar Abrego Garcia argues charges are retaliation after wrongful deportation lawsuit; prosecution cites evidence from a 2022 traffic stop with nine passengers, officials said.

  • On Thursday, attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia will ask U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw to dismiss human-smuggling charges in Nashville.
  • Following the court-ordered return, a Maryland federal court's order prompted renewed review of the mistaken deportation to El Salvador last year, which led to prosecution.
  • The 2022 traffic stop involved nine passengers and smuggling suspicions, but Tennessee Highway Patrol officer gave only a warning; a federal grand jury returned an indictment last year, delayed over two years.
  • U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw has signaled he may agree the prosecution is vindictive and could soon dismiss the case unless the trio of witnesses convinces him otherwise.
  • Meanwhile, Abrego Garcia's attorneys have sought to subpoena Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Singh, while Singh told McGuire on April 27 that prosecuting was a top priority.
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Los Angeles (USA), Feb 26 (EFE).- The lawyers of the Salvadoran Kilmar Ábrego García, accused of human trafficking, asked a judge on Thursday to dismiss the case, on the grounds that the Prosecutor's Office acted in retaliation, after the Executive was forced to return the immigrant to the United States, after deporting him by mistake, according to media reports. At the hearing in a federal court in Nashville (Tennessee), where the Salvadoran fa…

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abc News broke the news in United States on Thursday, February 26, 2026.
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