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Man wrongly deported to El Salvador pleads not guilty to smuggling charges in Nashville

Marianna Bacallao

June 13, 2025

A group of protesters outside of a federal courthouse building in downtown Nashville.

After months of being detained in an El Salvadoran prison, Abrego Garcia’s path to release is uncertain. He pleaded not guilty to smuggling charges Friday.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: deportations, Donald Trump, El Salvador, gangs, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, trafficking

Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the US, charged in Tennessee with transporting people in the country illegally

The Associated Press

June 6, 2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been charged by the Trump administration and a judge in Nashville determined he will be held in custody until at least next Friday.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: deportations, El Salvador, gangs, Immigration, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, trafficking

With $3.5M From The State, End Slavery Tennessee Will House Survivors Of Sex Trafficking

Natasha Senjanovic

September 8, 2021

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This year, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee gave an unprecedented $5 million to a handful of groups fighting sex trafficking, which advocates say is part of a bigger push to change how the sexually exploited are treated. The biggest chunk of money went to End Slavery Tennessee.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: End Slavery Tennessee, thistle farms, trafficking

Tennessee Governor Studying Up On Cyntoia Brown But Clemency Decision Could Be A Year Off

Chas Sisk

December 5, 2017

Listen Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam says his administration has begun gathering information on a Nashville woman whose murder conviction has become a cause célèbre. But a decision on whether to grant her clemency is unlikely to come until well into next year.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Haslam, trafficking

Tennessee Recognized For Laws Combatting Child Sex Trafficking

Natasha Senjanovic

November 17, 2017

The state of Tennessee has been voted the best in the nation this year for its laws intended to prevent child sex trafficking. That’s according to Shared Hope International, which since 2011 has been grading states in part on their laws combating child sex traffickers.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, trafficking

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