Judge tosses federal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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TL;DR
US judge dismisses indictment against Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Washington — A federal judge in Tennessee on Friday tossed out an indictment charging Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man mistakenly deported by the Trump administration last year, with human smuggling. U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw granted Abrego Garcia's effort to dismiss the criminal charges on the ground that the Justice Department's prosecution was vindictive.
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