Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a suspected MS-13 gang member who was deported to El Salvador after an administrative error, has returned to the U.S. to face criminal charges for allegedly transporting illegal immigrants within the U.S., Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday.

“Abrego Garcia has landed in the United States to face justice,” Bondi told reporters during a news conference that aired live on Newsmax and the Newsmax2 free online streaming platform. “On May 21, a grand jury in the middle district of Tennessee returned a sealed indictment, charging Abrego Garcia of alien smuggling and conspiracy to commit alien smuggling.

“We want to thank [El Salvador] President [Nayib] Bukele for agreeing to return Abrego Garcia to the United States. Our government presented El Salvador with an arrest warrant, and they agreed to return him to our country.”

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