Kilmar Abrego Garcia, pictured at center, was released from jail in Putnam County, Tennessee on August 22, 2025. (John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout) Photograph by John Partipilo/ Tennessee Lookout ©2025

NASHVILLE —The Trump administration may deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he rejected a last-minute deal to remain in jail, plead guilty to human smuggling charges and be deported to Costa Rica, a legal notice filed Saturday by his attorneys said.

The behind-the-scenes ultimatum bolsters claims that Abrego is the target of “selective and vindictive prosecution” by the government after he contested his wrongful deportation to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador prison in March, Abrego’s lawyers wrote.

Abrego was released Friday to await trial in January on human smuggling c

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