WASHINGTON —

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been charged by the Trump administration with transporting people who were in the country illegally, following his return to the United States after a mistaken deportation to El Salvador.

The federal charges unsealed Friday stem from a traffic stop in 2022, alleging that Abrego Garcia conspired to bring undocumented immigrants from Guatemala, El Salvador and other countries into the U.S.

The indictment also states that Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 gang member, though he has never been charged with gang membership and has denied it.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said, "He was a smuggler of humans, women and children. He made 100 trips, smuggling people, MS-13, violent members, throughout our country."

Bondi stated that Abrego Garcia is responsible for s

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