Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from Putnam County Jail in Tennessee on Friday and has been reunited with his family while he awaits trial, according to his attorney.

It's the latest development in the case of a man who was mistakenly removed from the U.S. to an El Salvador prison where he alleges he was tortured . Initially detained by immigration officials in March before being sent to El Salvador, Abrego Garcia returned to the U.S. in June to face criminal charges that were filed in Tennessee. The Justice Department has accused him of smuggling and gang membership, allegations his family denies. He pleaded not guilty to two criminal counts of human smuggling last month.

"For the first time since March, our client Kilmar Abrego Garcia is reunited with his loving fami

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