MS-13 gangster, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, has been notified by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that he may soon be deported to Uganda.
Abrego was released Friday from the Putnam County Jail near Nashville, Tennessee. He had been detained there since June, when he was returned to the United States after being deported earlier this year to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison.
The facility, known for its violent atmosphere and inhumane conditions, houses thousands of suspected gang members and is widely considered one of the harshest detention centers in the world.
According to sources familiar with the case, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has informed Abrego that he “may be removed to Uganda no less than 72 hours absent weekends,” in keeping with the agency’s standard procedure requiring 72 hours’ notice before deporting someone to a third country.
Abrego has been a illegal immigrant for years. Originally from El Salvador, he was granted a withholding of removal order in 2019, which protected him from deportation to his home country on the grounds that he faced the risk of persecution and violence from gangs there.
Abrego’s lawyers have already filed notices with the judge in