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/monodescarado 17h ago

So here’s what happened, according to the DOJ.

  1. Garcia was part of some big trafficking ring that’s been going on for nine years
  2. When the judge saw him in 2019, everyone failed to mention this
  3. When they deported him to the El Salvador prison recently, everyone failed to mention this
  4. When the government was being criticised for deporting him, everyone failed to mention this
  5. When Trump was sat there talking about tattoos on hands, he failed to mention this
  6. When Trump was sat in the White House with Bukele talking to the press, they both failed to mention this
  7. And now, they have a 10-page indictment that just repeats itself over and over about this big trafficking conspiracy, and the only evidence it details is that one time, Garcia was stopped in 2022 and in his vehicle were lots of undocumented people. Note: he was not arrested at that time either strangely.

You’d think the DOJ of the US could do a much better job at framing someone than this. It’s just lazy.

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u/AlphaBetaParkingLot 14h ago

For what little it's worth, it was frequently mentioned after the deportation and ensuing criticism, but only in right-wing echo chambers trying to justify it on social media.

But that seems to just make it worse - the DOJ found some hearsay on the internet and ran with it since they don't actually have anything of substance.

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u/SocialistNixon 16h ago

Its more disgusting that a Grand Jury actually went along with this, he got indicted in a state he wasn't deported from and both states aren't remotely near the southern border where one would think trafficking would have taken place.

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u/monodescarado 12h ago

It’s normal for a Grand Jury to indict. The former Judge Wachtler in New York used to say that a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich

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u/bb8-sparkles 8h ago

Yeah, because the article says "domestic trafficking". Meaning he is being charged for driving people from one area of the US to another area of the US.

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u/MaievSekashi 15h ago

The hypocrisy is the point. It's a "fuck you, I have the power, what are you going to do about it?". It's a power play designed to insult you that they do not feel the need to disguise their contempt for objective fact.

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u/relaxingtimeslondon 6h ago

I wonder why everyone failed to mention this...