Kilmar Abrego Garcia Files Motion to Dismiss Criminal Case: ‘Suspicious Timing’

Kilmar Abrego Garcia Files Motion to Dismiss His Criminal Case, Arguing 3-Year Delay Was ‘Vindictive,’ ‘Suspicious Timing’

Sarah Rumpf Aug 19th, 2025, 10:16 pm

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia filed a motion to dismiss the criminal case filed against him arguing that it constituted selective and vindictive prosecution, specifically arguing that the three-year gap between his traffic stop and the charges being filed against him was “suspicious timing” and evidence of the government’s retaliatory intent.

Abrego Garcia, a citizen of El Salvador living illegally in Maryland with his wife and children, was deported in March and sent to the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo , abbreviated CECOT, a notorious maximum security prison in El Salvador that is well-documented