NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national illegally deported by the Trump administration in March, pleaded not guilty Friday to human trafficking charges that federal prosecutors leveled upon his return to the United States.

Trump administration seeks dismissal of Abrego Garcia deportation case after his return to U.S., while lawyers plan sanctions over handling of his transfer from El Salvador.

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case started quietly, boiling down to a clerical error that moved him up on a list to land on a deportation flight destined to El Salvador in March. And then a court filing from the Trump Justice Department acknowledging the mistake brought it to the national forefront – culminating in a fraught legal battle and heated political debate.

The Maryland man, whose erroneous deportation to El Salvador became a protracted battle over due process and a test of wills, will face human smuggling charges in Tennessee.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native who lived in Maryland and was mistakenly deported, is now claiming he was denied due process in recent documents.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongfully deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador, is back in the United States to face criminal charges alleging that he transported undocumented immigrants around the country, the attorney general announced Friday.

Abrego Garcia was asked Friday afternoon by a federal judge in Nashville if he understood the issues and and he answered "Yes, I understand" through an interpreter. An arraignment and detention ...