Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national currently facing federal human smuggling charges, allege U.S. authorities are threatening to deport him to Uganda after he declined an offer to plead guilty to the charges and be deported to Costa Rica.
Abrego Garcia was released from a jail in Tennessee on Aug. 22, after a federal court permitted him to rejoin his family in Maryland for up to 48 hours, following the expiration of a stay on an order granting him pre-trial release.
