NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A magistrate judge in Nashville ordered an El Salvadoran immigrant to be released from custody in Tennessee and returned to Maryland before trial, according to a report from the Associated Press.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been in federal custody in Tennessee since June. He is charged with human trafficking, stemming from a traffic stop in Putnam County in 2022.

On Friday, August 22, the magistrate judge approved his release from custody until his trial begins. That date has yet to be set.

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Garcia has lived in Maryland with his wife, Jeffiner Vasquez Sura, and their son for the last 13 years.

He has had several run-ins with law enforcement, including an arrest for loitering in a Home Depot pa

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