The man the Trump administration admitted to mistakenly deporting to El Salvador has been returned to the United States to face federal charges, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was among more than 200 individuals deported to El Salvador in March, despite having a court order protecting him from removal.

Federal prosecutors allege Abrego Garcia “played a significant role in an undocumented alien smuggling ring that has resulted in thousands of undocumented aliens being illegally transported into and throughout the United States.”

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A grand jury returned an indictment in May charging him with alien smuggling and conspiracy to commit alien smuggling.

“These facts demonstrate Abrego Garcia is a danger to our community,” Bondi said.

In April, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return. He had been living in Maryland with his wife and children before his deportation.

In the weeks that followed, the Department of Justice failed to provide a lower court with sufficient information about the steps being taken to bring him back to the U.S.

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Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland traveled to El Salvador in April and met with Abrego Garcia, who said he was traumatized by his time in the country’s Terrorism Confinement Center, a notorious prison known for human rights abuses.

Van Hollen said Abrego Garcia was later transferred to a prison in Santa Ana, El Salvador.

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