Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was arrested by the government and sent to an El Salvador prison in error and then returned to the U.S., argue in a court filing Wednesday that he should be freed from jail pending criminal trial.

Days before his next hearing and arraignment, attorneys for a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador have asked the Court “for what he has been denied the past several months — due process.”

Kilmar Abrego Garcia appeared in a Tennessee courtroom Friday, hours after he was brought back to the U.S. to face charges of transporting undocumented migrants.

Washington — A lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the mistakenly deported man who was recently brought back from El Salvador to face charges in the U.S., said his case is bigger than one individual.

The 2022 traffic stop at the center of a newly unsealed federal indictment has raised more questions than answers, partly because more than one-third of the body camera footage provided was redacted.

Maryland father deported to El Salvador returns to U.S., faces federal charges. Advocates celebrate constitutional victory.

The former federal criminal division chief in Nashville has prosecuted major cases and led the investigation into a 2020 Christmas Day bombing.