Posted on 08/22/2025 12:09:08 PM PDT by Red Badger
MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from a Tennessee prison on Friday and headed back to Maryland to be with his family, according to his attorney.
Fox 17 News reported:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been freed from Putnam County Jail and is on his way to reunite with his family in Maryland, his lawyer confirms to FOX 17 News.
This comes after a U.S. magistrate judge was expected to grant the release Friday as he awaits trial on federal human smuggling charges.
“Today, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. He is presently en route to his family in Maryland, after being unlawfully arrested and deported, and then imprisoned, all because of the government’s vindictive attack on a man who had the courage to fight back against the Administration’s continuing assault on the rule of law. He is grateful that his access to American courts has provided meaningful due process.” -Abrego Garcia’s lawyer Sean Hecker said in a statement to Fox 17.
As reported late last month: A Tennessee-based federal judge previously ordered the release of MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia – and a Maryland judge, appointed by Barack Obama, immediately blocked ICE from detaining Abrego Garcia.
Last month, a federal magistrate judge in Tennessee agreed to delay the release of MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia so he doesn’t get deported.
A federal grand jury in Tennessee recently indicted Kilmar Abrego Garcia for “transporting undocumented migrants within the United States.”
He was charged with one count of conspiracy to transport aliens and one count of unlawful transportation of undocumented aliens.
The DOJ previously told the Court that Abrego Garcia will be deported to a ‘third country’ that is not El Salvador after he is released from a Tennessee jail.
Last month, US District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, an Obama appointee, ordered Kilmar Abrego released from prison.
Judge Paula Xinis, also an Obama appointee overseeing the civil suit filed by Abrego Garcia’s wife, immediately barred ICE from taking Abrego Garcia into custody.
The Department of Homeland Security has not yet released a statement on Abrego Garcia’s newfound freedom.
DEVELOPING…
How long will he walk the streets is the obvious question?
How long will it be before he commits another crime?.............
He already did by not leaving the US when he was released.
A cold blooded murderer gets released..we have no justice system in this country..illegals have all the power period, they can kill whoever they want, rape whoever they want and get away with it every single time. Why the hell did Bondi ever bring him back she knew it would take ONE commie judge to release him so what was the point
Hell, he will probably end up being the Democrats’ top runner up for their 2028 presidential bid.
It took longer than I expected but as soon as they announced they were bringing him to Nashville from El Salvador, I knew he’d be released. They never should have brought him back.
Enemies foreign and domestic need dirt naps, not freedom
Dems glorified him and are happy.
Grab his nasty ass and deport him.
Dare the judge to do anything about it.
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Bondi blew this one; she should have never had him brought back, but I guess she wanted to please Van Hollen.
I should think it was discussed and the optics considered before it went this way.
Have patience and enjoy the show
This guy was not chosen out of 20+ million illegals to be the face of the Trump Administration deportation for no good reason.
And every Democrat controlled , politicized judge in the nation is not bending over backwards and breaking every legal and ethical standard to let him loose for no good reason either
There is more to the story here.
Th Trump administration picked a fight they really wanted to pursue and they are getting exactly the fight they want
This will not end well for this guy or for the Democrats
Exactly.
Pass the popcorn. Well-buttered, please.
The real question is which innocent person will die because twisted politics allowed this piece of garbage to go free.
It appears Bondi got Hornswoggled.
Time will tell if this was the case.
Nobody’s perfect.
Will vilgilantes continue to “trust the system”?
When does the trial start? Can someone give him a map so at midnight he can go to the judge’s house to thank the idiot.
RE: Pass the popcorn. Well-buttered, please.
Now the perp will miss some offers in prison.
Racquel Welch as the lingerie clad temptress sent by the devil, offering biscuits with honey for breakfast to the ill at ease Dudley Moore in bed in Bedazzled:
“Or, do you prefer buttered buns?”
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