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Federal judge orders release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody
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A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention, ruling that his re-detention lacks lawful authority. The Department of Homeland Security has criticized the decision and signaled plans to keep fighting the case, while Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national facing human smuggling charges, denies any gang ties as deportation efforts continue.
Authorities discovered the bodies of six people inside a shipping container at a Union Pacific rail yard in Laredo, Texas, on Sunday afternoon. The victims, five men and one woman, are believed to have died from heat stroke as temperatures climbed to 97 degrees.