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Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges in US court

Protesters accompany Jennifer Vasquez Sura in Washington, DC, as she presses for the release of her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, on April 9 [Ken Cedeno/Reuters]

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was wrongfully deported from the United States, has pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges in a federal court in Nashville, Tennessee.

Friday marked the first opportunity for Abrego Garcia, a Maryland construction worker, to confront the criminal charges the administration of President Donald Trump has levelled against him.

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