The judge did not rule immediately on whether he will stay in custody while he awaits trial, the latest event in a monthslong back-and-forth since he was erroneously sent to a prison in El Salvador.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to immigrant-smuggling charges. The Trump administration returned the Salvadoran native to the U.S. to face two felony charges in Tennessee.

Kilmar Ábrego García pleads not guilty in human trafficking case. 13 June 2025. Share Save. Mike Wendling. BBC News. Share Save. Jennifer Vasquez. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was sent to a prison ...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges in Nashville court. Evan Mealins Ruben Montoya. Nashville Tennessean. A week after he was flown back from a Salvadoran mega-prison ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, pleaded not guilty Friday to human smuggling charges ...

The federal charges are the latest turn in a legal battle over a mistaken deportation that has seen the Trump administration repeatedly resist court orders.

A Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported from the US before being returned to face criminal charges has pleaded not guilty to two counts related to alleged human trafficking. Kilmar Ábrego ...

Kilmar Abrego García, 29, appeared to be listening carefully through headphones to a translation of the hearing. His wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, and other supporters watched the proceedings.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleaded not guilty Friday to human smuggling charges, and the judge in case said she would wait to issue a decision on whether he should be released from custody pending trial ...

NASHVILLE—Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, pleaded not guilty to human-smuggling charges on Friday, in an hourslong hearing in which ...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, pleaded not guilty on Friday to human smuggling charges in a federal ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges during an arraignment in federal court in Tennessee on Friday. Abrego Garcia is a citizen of El Salvador who ...