The Justice Department under the Trump administration urged a judge to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia behind bars ahead of his trial, citing what it described as a “serious risk” that the Salvadoran national will flee the country, obstruct justice, or endanger witnesses.
On Monday, federal prosecutors pointed to multiple reasons why Abrego Garcia should remain in detention in a new filing related to a 2022 traffic stop by Tennessee law enforcement. The prosecutors included claims that Abrego Garcia’s alleged smuggling operation, which is now at the heart of the criminal charges against him, involved children that he used as “cover” while trafficking undocumented migrants across the United States.
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