He made his initial court appearance Friday evening in the Middle District of Tennessee, answering “Yes, I understand” in Spanish when U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes asked him if he understood the charges against him.

Judge Homes set a hearing for June 13, where Abrego Garcia will be arraigned on charges and the judge will take up the government’s motion to hold him in pre-trial detention on the grounds that he “poses a danger to the community and a serious risk of flight” He will remain in federal custody in Tennessee pending next week’s hearing.

“If convicted at trial, the defendant faces a maximum punishment of 10 years’ imprisonment for ‘each alien’ he transported,” said the government’s motion for detention, which also contained an allegation – not included in the indictment – that one of Abrego Garcia’s co-conspirators told authorities that Abrego Garcia participated in the murder of a rival gang member’s mother in El Salvador.

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      9 hours ago

      Ah lemmy, where “bootlicker” is evidence. What you could do is provide, well, anything at all to counter the claim.

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        8 hours ago

        They have a weird fetish of licking boots. They talk about it all the time. I find it weird and ignore it. The evidence is pretty strong against Kilmer. I didn’t like they sent him to cecot. I think that’s bullshit but we can store him here for the rest of his life once he’s found guilty.

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          4 hours ago

          At least it should all come out in court, and thankfully he’s back.

          And yes, “bootlicker” is lemmy teenagers thinking they have a sick burn to shut down conversation. I downvote every time I see the word.