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A former federal prosecutor said that Kilmar Abrego Garcia may face death sentence if the government finds sufficient evidence that binds it for an incident that leaves 50 migrants.
Abrego Garcia was accused of foreign trafficking and conspiracy by a grand jury in Tennessi earlier this month. The prosecution stated that Abrego Garcia played a “important role” in a human trafficking ring for almost a decade.
During a news conference, Attorney General Palm Bondi described Abrego Garcia as a full -time smuggler, who made more than 100 trips across the US, transporting MS -13 gang -conferred members, children and women.
According to the indictment, Abrego Garcia and many co-speculators are accused of working together for transporting illegal migrants from L Salavador, Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador and Mexico, which are in the US for “profit and private financial benefits”.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia accused of human trafficking allegations, ordered to appear before a judge in Nashville
A Salvadoron illegal migrant, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was sent to Al Salvador, is seen wearing a Chicago Bulls hat in this handout. (Handout via Abrego Garcia Family/Reuters)
Officials said during one of these trips, the tractor trailer of the alleged co-scientists of Abrego Garcia, who was carrying more than 150 migrants, overturned, causing more than 50 migrants to die and injured many others, said the officials said.
Former Assistant American Attorney Nema Rahni told Fox News Digital that the incident could be the basis for death sentence, if the federal prosecutors opt for the option to go down from that route.
“Even though Abrego was not in the Garcia vehicle, he could potentially look for a death sentence,” Rahni said. “The example of the classic law school is: you and a co-ancient rob a bank. Your co-prince shoots someone during that robbery. The prosecutor can look for a death sentence, even if you are not the one who really draws the trigger.”
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is seen in the car during the traffic stop. (Tennessee Highway Patrol)
“If the Department of Justice could prove that Abrego Garcia was involved in the death of foreign smuggling, even though he died in Mexico, until the intended to bring those individuals to the United States, it could be a case of proper death sentence,” he said.
Rahani said that death would not be intentional for federal prosecutors to be intentional to bring penalty-worthy allegations of death.
This undivided photo provided by Murray Osorio PLLC shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (Osorio PLLC died through AP)
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“Prosecutors do not have to prove that Abrego Garcia’s intention is the cause of any injury or even intends to hurt anyone. As long as they can show that he intends to smuggle people in the United States and the result of a death, it is enough,” said “Rahmani said.
“Prosecutors just have to prove the work -work -work along with knowledge and intentions of smuggling.
Rahani said that being a co-scripture makes people criminally responsible for conduct during crime, but said that prosecutors usually do not seek death sentence in such examples.
Fox News reached DOJ and Abrego Garcia’s lawyer for digital comment.
