Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains in custody in Tennessee
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The federal human trafficking case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia continues on Wednesday in Nashville. Garcia returns to the Fred D. Thompson Federal Building & Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon, and District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw will take a second look at the ruling to release him from DOJ custody.
The exchanges unfolded at a hearing in Federal District Court in Nashville intended to determine whether Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia should be freed from criminal custody as he awaits trial.
Los abogados del Departamento de Justicia han dicho que el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) detendrá a Ábrego García si es liberado. Los funcionarios del ICE han dicho que iniciarán procedimientos de deportación contra el salvadoreño y posiblemente intentarán enviarlo a un tercer país como México o Sudán del Sur.
Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. presided over the Kilmar Ábrego García bail hearing on Wednesday and indicated that the Justice Department struggled to reach the high standard required to declare him a danger to the community.
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) -Kilmar Abrego, the migrant returned to the U.S. after being wrongly deported to El Salvador, is due in court on Wednesday on human smuggling charges as the future of his criminal case and his presence in the country remain uncertain.
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