Kilmar Ábrego García released from criminal custody after court order

Published on August 22, 2025 at 07:28 PM
Kilmar Ábrego García released from criminal custody after court order

Ábrego will return home to Maryland from Tennessee for first time after wrongful deportation to El Salvador

Kilmar Ábrego García has been freed on Friday from criminal custody in Tennessee so he can rejoin his family in Maryland while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges, after a court ordered his release.

Magistrate judge Barbara Holmes issued an order allowing the father of two to leave custody for the first time since his return to the US in June, following his wrongful deportation to El Salvador earlier this year.

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