Prosecutors: No ‘ill will’ in Tennessee criminal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

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NASHVILLE — Federal prosecutors are pushing back against allegations they are pursuing human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Tennessee as part of a Trump administration retribution campaign. At that traffic stop, Abrego was pulled over for speeding with nine men in the back of his vehicle. Abrego was neither arrested nor ticketed in the traffic stop. He has since entered not guilty pleas to two human smuggling charges. “The facts of the traffic stop were never presented to any prosecutor until late April 2025,” they wrote.