Kilmar Abrego Garcia is on his way to the United States of America

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national who was mistakenly deported by U.S. authorities more than two months ago, is now on his way back to the United States — but not as a free man. According to ABC News, Abrego Garcia, 29, will face federal criminal charges upon his return.

A recently unsealed, two-count indictment filed in a federal court in Tennessee alleges he played a central role in a sprawling, years-long human smuggling operation that transported undocumented migrants — including children and alleged gang members — from the U.S.-Mexico border into the interior of the United States.

The indictment, handed down by a federal grand jury last month, comes after the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged that Abrego Garcia was deported in error earlier this year from Maryl