Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from Patnam County Jail in Tennessi on Friday and according to his lawyer, his family re -joined.
This is the latest development in the case of a person who was accidentally removed from America to an Al Salvador jail. It is alleged that he was torturedInitially, before being sent to Al Salvador, he was detained by immigration officers in March, Abrego Garcia Returned to the US in June to face criminal allegations filed in Tennessee. The Department of Justice has accused him of smuggling and membership of the gang, refusing his family. He requested not to be guilty Two criminal calculations Human trafficking last month.
“For the first time since March, our customer Kilmar Abrego Garcia has re-associated with his loving family,” said Attorney Simon Sandowal-Moshebberg. “While there is some relief in his release, we all know that he is far from safe. An unknown third country still threatens to tear his family. A measure of justice has been taken, but the government has to stop the tasks that will once again separate this family.”
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A federal magistrate ordered Abrego Garcia to be released from prison while he was waiting for the test, currently scheduled for January. He is expected to wear an electronic monitoring device.
The lawyers of Abrego Garcia requested the delay of their release from prison in Tennessee before this heat, fearing that immigration and customs enforce could immediately shut it down and try to reuse it again. Last month, a federal judge in Maryland Government The government will have to refund the 2019 order, re -implementing the US immigration and customs enforcement office in Baltimore to recover Abrego Garcia.
Under that supervision order, Abrego Garcia, who was issued in 2019, was allowed to live in Maryland, as well as the authority to work. He needed to investigate with an immigration officer at the Ice office in Baltimore. Court filing indicates that Abrego Garcia was in compliance with the ice supervision order when he was sent to Al Salvador. The judge also ruled that Abrego Garcia would have to receive a 72 -hour notice if the Trump administration planned to exist anywhere other than its native country, Al Salvador.
Camillo Montoya-Galvez, Joe Walsh, Melissa Quin and Jacob Rosen contributed to the report.