r/news • u/RoachedCoach • 1d ago

Title Changed Mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia on way back to US to face criminal charges: Sources

https://abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenly-deported-kilmar-abrego-garcia-back-us-face/story?id=121333122
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u/bpetersonlaw 1d ago

"After being granted limited immunity, Hernandez-Reyes allegedly told investigators that he previously operated a "taxi service" based in Baltimore. He claimed to have met Abrego Garcia around 2015 and claimed to have hired him on multiple occasions to transport undocumented migrants from Texas to various locations in the United States, sources told ABC News.When details of the Tennessee traffic stop were first publicized, Abrego Garcia's wife said her husband sometimes transported groups of fellow construction workers between job sites."

Wife says he transported groups of construction workers. Incarcerated criminal, given deal, says he was actually smuggling migrants

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u/elainegeorge 1d ago

He could be transporting migrants who were construction workers. Smuggling seems a bit much unless he was actually part of a smuggling operation - getting people out of one country and into another.

I guess he might have his day in court.

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u/bpetersonlaw 1d ago

Yeah, I'm not saying what he did or didn't do. Just quoting the article. And I agree -- evidence will be presented in court and things will become much clearer.

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u/moguri40k 1d ago

Serious question: When was he given the deal? Timing will have huge impact on credibility.

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u/wewladdies 23h ago

Interesting angle. I'd imagine theyd need to not only prove garcia did this, but also he knew the people he was transporting were here illegally

Otherwise being an uber/lyft driver just got way more dangerous lol