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Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been charged by the Trump administration with transporting people who were in the country illegally, following his return to the United States after a mistaken deportation to El Salvador. The federal charges unsealed Friday stem from a traffic stop in 2022, alleging that Abrego Garcia conspired to bring undocumented immigrants from Guatemala, El Salvador and other countries into the U.S. The indictment also states that Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 gang member, though he has never been charged with gang membership and has denied it.Attorney General Pam Bondi said, "He was a smuggler of humans, women and children. He made 100 trips, smuggling people, MS-13, violent members, throughout our country."Bondi stated that Abrego Garcia is responsible for smuggling thousands of people into the United States over the span of ten years from countries like Guatemala and El Salvador.The charges relate to a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee where troopers found him driving eight passengers with no luggage from Texas to Maryland. Officers suspected human trafficking, but he was only warned for an expired license. Earlier this year, Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to El Salvador despite a court order blocking his removal. The Supreme Court eventually ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return, marking a rare clash between the judiciary and the executive branch over immigration enforcement.Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, Abrego Garcia's attorney, said, "What happened today is the exact opposite of due process, because due process is the opportunity to defend yourself before you're punished, not afterwards. Mr. Abrego Garcia is going to be vigorously defending the charges against him."Abrego Garcia is now in federal custody, and if convicted, Bondi said he will be deported to El Salvador after serving his sentence.