Wednesday afternoon, while many were riveted by the heartbreaking remarks of Rachel Morin’s mother at the White House Press Briefing, the Department of Justice released information from Kilmar Abrego-Garcia’s 2019 arrest and deportation proceedings that should put a lot of the whisperings about the “Maryland Father’s” gang affiliations and alleged lack of due process to rest.
Abrego-Garcia was detained by Prince Georges County, Maryland officials on March 28, 2019 in a Home Depot parking lot in Hyattsville, Maryland. Here are the highlights of that encounter and a subsequent bond hearing, as found in the documents:
- Abrego-Garcia was loitering with three other men either known or suspected MS-13
- One of the men had an extensive and violent criminal history, including a conviction four months prior for MS-13 gang activity
- Abrego-Garcia and another man at the scene were “detained in connection to a murder investigation.”
- Two bottles with marijuana inside were recovered at the scene
- Abrego-Garcia was in attire associated with MS-13 members, those being a Chicago Bulls hat and a hoodie with rolls of money covering the eyes, ears, and nose of the presidents on the separate denominations (meaning, hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil – in other words, don’t snitch)
- A confidential informant advised Prince Georges County investigators that Abrego-Garcia was a member of the MS-13 Westerns clique
- The confidential informant said that Abrego-Garcia held the rank of “Chequeo” and the “moniker of ‘Chele.'”
- Abrego-Garcia admitted that he entered the US illegally in 2012 through McAllen, TX, and was a citizen of El Salvador.
- While no criminal record was found, Abrego-Garcia had received numerous traffic violations for which he never appeared in court.
- One section of the report says Abrego-Garcia did not claim to be fearful of returning to El Salvador, but another section states that he did claim to be fearful.
As part of that encounter, ICE ERO agents were called to the Prince Georges County jail. They arrested Abrego-Garcia for violating Section 212(a)(6)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and transported him to the Baltimore Field Office for processing. The next day, he was served with a Notice to Appear on that charge.
On April 24, 2019 a bond redetermination hearing was held in which the immigration judge determined that “no bond was appropriate in this matter,” because he had not met his burden of showing that he would not pose a danger to others and that he would not be a flight risk. That judge admitted the Prince Georges County gang information sheet into evidence and found that Abrego-Garcia was affiliated with MS-13 based on both the clothing he was wearing and the information from the confidential informant, who was a “past, proven, and reliable source of information” to authorities.
Abrego-Garcia appealed that decision, but it was affirmed by the Board of Immigration Appeals, part of the US Department of Justice, on December 19, 2019.
The fact that one of the forms (the I-213) mentions that Abrego-Garcia was detained in relation to a homicide investigation is interesting, especially since only two out of the four men at the Home Depot parking lot were mentioned as being part of that investigation. There is no other information in the documents about what case that might be in reference to, but we are investigating.
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Kilmer Abrego Garcia Documents by Jennifer Van Laar
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