Court records show that Donald Trump’s administration has agreed to spare a key witness from deportation in exchange for his cooperation in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes, 38, has been convicted of smuggling migrants and illegally reentering the United States after having been deported. He also pleaded guilty to “deadly conduct” in connection with a separate incident where he drunkenly fired a gun in a Texas community.