T he Trump administration on Friday brought Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the U.S. to face criminal charges that he was a key player in an international smuggling ring with gang ti

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, has been returned to the United States, where he has been charged in the U.S. with transporting immigrants into the country illegally.

The case of the wrongly deported Maryland resident began with a 2019 police encounter at a Home Depot parking lot. It has since become an emblem of the Trump administration’s massive deportation effort.