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Kilmar Ábrego García pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges

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Kilmar Ábrego García. Photograph: Abrego Garcia Family via Reuters

Kilmar Ábrego García, the man returned to the US last week after being wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador, pleaded not guilty on Friday to criminal charges of taking part in a conspiracy to smuggle migrants into the United States.

The Maryland man, 29, entered the plea at a hearing before US magistrate judge Barbara Holmes in Nashville, Tennessee.

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