WASHINGTON - In a new legal filing, lawyers for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia claim the government is engaging in a "coordinated effort" to force their client into a guilty plea. The Maryland man, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, was just released from jail on Friday after months of turmoil.

What we know:

In the recently released documents, the filing alleges that federal authorities gave Abrego Garcia an ultimatum: agree to a plea deal by Monday morning and be deported to Costa Rica after his sentence, or face deportation to Uganda if he fought the charges after being released from pretrial custody on Friday.

Ongoing battle

The filing argues that this is a retaliatory action by the government because Abrego Garcia has repeatedly challenged his illegal deporta

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