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muriel_volestrangler

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13. I think the "option" was prison in the US first after pleading guilty to human smuggling, and then to Costa Rica

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #9)

Mon Aug 25, 2025, 11:22 AM

Aug 25

Over the weekend, his lawyers accused the Trump administration of seeking to “coerce” a guilty plea from him on the charges of human smuggling that were brought against him in an indictment in June.

The lawyers said that the administration had promised to send him to Costa Rica, where he could live freely as a legal resident, if he pleaded to the charges and agreed to serve whatever prison sentence he eventually received. Otherwise, the lawyers said, Trump officials said they would deport Mr. Abrego Garcia “halfway across the world” to Uganda, where, the lawyers said, “his safety and liberty would be under threat.”

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I'm not an Abrego Garcia scholar. I don't know his life inside and out. But this obsession, this vendetta, is ridiculous [View all] Miles Archer Aug 25 OP

My (un)educated guess underpants Aug 25 #1

Exactly. They have no case against him. So they must destroy him. Irish_Dem Aug 25 #3

"Dear leader can never be wrong..." Ahhhh LaRaven Aug 25 #12

Dear Leader must also be praised. underpants Aug 25 #18

GQP want to make an example of him any means necessary............ Lovie777 Aug 25 #2

Dementia patients latch on to a thing. Blue Full Moon Aug 25 #4

Somehow Garcia caught their attention and they are making him the face of their brutal policies. Katinfl Aug 25 #5

The history as I understand it surfered Aug 25 #6

They are painting them out to be such a menace. And he's never done anything wrong in this country. Walleye Aug 25 #8

They keep calling him a wife beater, and a human smuggler, he's never been indicted or convicted Walleye Aug 25 #7

He was given the option to go to Costa Rica. I would have taken it. Sometimes you just can't fight the system. LeftInTX Aug 25 #9

I think the "option" was prison in the US first after pleading guilty to human smuggling, and then to Costa Rica muriel_volestrangler Aug 25 #13

OK...So, he's in a bad spot. LeftInTX Aug 25 #15

Someone who I'm a familiar with was arrested for human smuggling in 2023. LeftInTX Aug 25 #17

You're right to ridicule a man who's so afraid of losing he manufactures wins. Iggo Aug 25 #10

This is just "CYA" on massive amounts of steroids and sadism. GoCubsGo Aug 25 #11

Trump has a pathological need to never apologise, and to always have an excuse muriel_volestrangler Aug 25 #14

Trump has chosen to die on Abrego Garcia Hill. Backing off would show weakness, and MAGA wouldn't approve.. sop Aug 25 #16

Ideologically driven vureaucrats can't admit they made an error Warpy Aug 25 #19

"They're throwing the entire federal apparatus at one father of three to prove that no one should dare challenge their a Demovictory9 Aug 25 #20

Deadline: Legal Blog-Abrego's criminal case was always a farce. The government's latest actions show why LetMyPeopleVote Aug 25 #21