A US judge dismissed a human smuggling indictment against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, ruling the prosecution was initiated in retaliation for his lawsuit challenging his deportation. The judge cited a presumption of vindictiveness, noting the case was reopened only after Garcia sued to be returned to the US.
A federal judge in Tennessee dismissed human smuggling charges against Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, ruling the prosecution was "vindictive" and a retaliation for his challenge to deportation by the Trump administration.
A human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose deportation was reversed, was dismissed Friday by a U.S. District Judge due to "selective or vindictive prosecution." The judge cited statements by Trump administration officials suggesting the prosecution was retaliatory.
Harshkumar Patel, convicted in a 2022 human smuggling case tied to the freezing deaths of an Indian family near the US-Canada border, appeals his 10+ year sentence citing trial errors, seeking conviction reversal or resentencing.
Federal agents are investigating the death of six people thought to be immigrants found inside a shipping container at a Union Pacific rail yard near the Mexico border in Laredo, Texas on Sunday as a “potential human smuggling event.”
