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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Kilmar Ábrego García released from criminal custody after court order

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The Trump administration had faced immense pressure to return Kilmar Ábrego García home. Photograph: Abrego Garcia Family/Reuters

Kilmar Ábrego García has been freed on Friday from criminal custody in Tennessee so he can rejoin his family in Maryland while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges, after a court ordered his release.

Magistrate judge Barbara Holmes issued an order allowing the father of two to leave custody for the first time since his return to the US in June, following his wrongful deportation to El Salvador earlier this year.

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