Abrego Garcia Arrested as US Plans to Deport Him to Uganda

Kilmar Abrego Garcia joined by his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura and supporters arrives for a check-in at the ICE field office in Baltimore on Aug. 25. — Kilmar Abrego Garcia joined by his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura and supporters arrives for a check-in at the ICE field office in Baltimore on Aug. 25.
Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg

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By Erik Larson

August 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM EDT

Updated on

August 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM EDT

Embattled Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been taken into custody again by US agents as a top Trump administration official said the government will seek to deport him to Uganda, a country where he has no ties.

Abrego Garcia, who became a key figure in the US crackdown on immigration after being accidentally deported to a notorious prison in his native El Salvador, was first threatened with removal to Uganda last week if he didn’t plead guilty to human-smuggling charges, which he’s refusing to do.