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法官认定检方为报复民事诉讼，司法部发言人斥裁决“错误且危险”
作者：亚历山德拉·科赫、比尔·米尔斯、大卫·斯彭特 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年5月22日美国东部时间下午6:10
田纳西州当局公布涉及基尔马尔·阿夫雷戈-加西亚的交通拦截执法记录仪视频
田纳西州公路巡警公布了2022年与非法移民阿夫雷戈-加西亚对峙的执法记录仪视频，阿夫雷戈-加西亚此前已被驱逐至萨尔瓦多恐怖监禁中心（CECOT）。
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美国司法部（DOJ）誓言就联邦法官周五的裁决提起上诉，该法官驳回了对基尔马尔·阿夫雷戈-加西亚的人口走私指控。阿夫雷戈-加西亚最初非法入境美国，被指与萨尔瓦多帮派MS-13存在可疑关联。司法部斥该裁决“错误且危险”。
美国地区法官韦弗利·D·克伦肖周五驳回了田纳西州对阿夫雷戈-加西亚的两项指控起诉书，裁定司法部的行为构成“报复性和选择性起诉”，违反了第五修正案的正当程序条款。
根据一名合作证人的证词，阿夫雷戈-加西亚被控在2016年至2025年间合谋每年将约600名非法移民偷运入境美国。
联邦检察官承认阿夫雷戈·加西亚走私案指控时机“非同寻常”
2025年12月22日，基尔马尔·阿夫雷戈·加西亚与妻子詹妮弗·巴斯克斯·苏亚及律师西蒙·桑多瓦尔-莫申伯格一同前往马里兰州格林贝尔特的美国地区法院参加听证会。（亚历克斯·王/盖蒂图片社，资料图）
“又一名激进法官将政治置于公共安全之上，”司法部发言人告诉福克斯新闻。“法官的命令错误且危险，我们将提起上诉。”
联邦调查最初由2022年11月田纳西州的一次交通拦截事件引发，调查涉及阿夫雷戈-加西亚与MS-13帮派和人口贩运的可疑关联。
2025年3月，行政部门以所谓“行政失误”为由将阿夫雷戈-加西亚驱逐出境，此后该案演变为宪法层面的对峙。
[马里兰州移民被错误驱逐至萨尔瓦多，最高法院裁定其必须返回美国]
基尔马尔·阿夫雷戈·加西亚在田纳西州公路巡警的交通拦截现场。（田纳西州公路巡警）
阿夫雷戈-加西亚起诉了美国政府，司法部门——最终得到最高法院支持——一致下令“协助”其返回美国。
作为奥巴马任命的法官，克伦肖指出，就在最高法院作出裁决几天后，国土安全部突然重启了针对阿夫雷戈-加西亚2022年交通拦截事件的已结案调查。
[田纳西州执法记录仪视频显示“马里兰男子”交通拦截现场，警员虽发现走私线索却束手无策]
这幅法庭速写描绘了2025年6月25日周三，基尔马尔·阿夫雷戈-加西亚在田纳西州纳什维尔出席拘留听证会时坐在法庭上的场景。（迭戈·菲什伯恩 via 美联社）
根据法庭文件，在司法部长帕姆·邦迪和副司法部长托德·布兰奇的领导下，司法部高级官员随后推动提起公诉。
克伦肖在其32页的备忘录裁决中认定，司法部从结案到起诉阿夫雷戈-加西亚的快速转变，是对其成功提起民事诉讼的直接报复。
参议员克里斯·范·霍伦，马里兰州民主党人，于2025年4月17日在萨尔瓦多圣萨尔瓦多一处未公开地点与被驱逐至该国“恐怖主义监禁中心”（CECOT）超级监狱的阿夫雷戈-加西亚会面。（范·霍伦参议员办公室/盖蒂图片社，资料图）
法官称这是“起诉权的滥用”，得出结论“若不是阿夫雷戈成功起诉挑战其被驱逐至萨尔瓦多的决定，政府本不会提起本次公诉”。
基于该认定，克伦肖正式驳回了起诉书，并撤销了对阿夫雷戈-加西亚的保释条件。
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马里兰州民主党参议员克里斯·范·霍伦对周五的裁决表示欢迎。
“今天，一名联邦法官明确了我们长期以来的认知：美国司法部一直在对基尔马尔·阿夫雷戈·加西亚进行报复性起诉，”范·霍伦在一份声明中说道。“这一裁决强烈谴责了特朗普政府下司法部的违法行为，是我国所有人宪法权利的胜利。”
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DOJ vows to appeal after judge dismisses smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia as ‘vindictive’
2026-05-22T18:10:47-04:00 / Fox News
DOJ spokesperson calls ruling ‘wrong and dangerous’ after judge found prosecution was retaliation for civil lawsuit
By Alexandra Koch , Bill Mears , David Spunt Fox News
Published May 22, 2026 6:10pm EDT
Tennessee authorities release body camera video of traffic stop involving Kilmar Abrego-Garcia
The Tennessee Highway Patrol released body camera video of its 2022 encounter with illegal immigrant Abrego-Garcia, who was deported to El Salvador’s Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT).
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) vowed to appeal a federal judge’s decision Friday to dismiss human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who initially entered the U.S. illegally and allegedly had suspected ties to MS-13, slamming the ruling as “wrong and dangerous.”
U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. on Friday threw out a two-count indictment in Tennessee against Abrego Garcia, ruling the DOJ’s actions amounted to “vindictive and selective prosecution” in violation of the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
Abrego Garcia was facing charges after allegedly conspiring to smuggle roughly 600 illegal immigrants into the U.S. annually, between 2016 and 2025, according to a cooperating witness.
FEDERAL PROSECUTOR ADMITS ‘EXTRAORDINARY’ TIMING IN ABREGO GARCIA SMUGGLING CASE CHARGES
Kilmar Abrego Garcia arrives with his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura and attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg at U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., on Dec. 22, 2025, for a hearing.(Alex Wong/Getty Images, File)
“Another activist judge has placed politics above public safety,” a DOJ spokesperson told Fox News. “The judge’s order is wrong and dangerous, and we will appeal.”
The federal investigation was initially sparked by a November 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee and included suspected ties to the MS-13 gang and human trafficking.
The case became a constitutional standoff after the executive branch deported Abrego Garcia to El Salvador in March 2025 due to an alleged “administrative error.”
[MARYLAND IMMIGRANT WRONGLY DEPORTED TO EL SALVADOR MUST RETURN TO US, SUPREME COURT RULES]
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is seen during a traffic stop by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.(Tennessee Highway Patrol)
Abrego Garcia sued the government, and the judicial branch — ultimately backed by the Supreme Court — unanimously ordered his return be “facilitate[d]” to the U.S.
Crenshaw, an Obama appointee, noted that just days after the Supreme Court’s ruling, the Department of Homeland Security suddenly reopened a closed investigation into Abrego Garcia’s 2022 traffic stop.
[TENNESSEE BODYCAM OF ‘MARYLAND MAN’ TRAFFIC STOP SHOWS TROOPERS’ HANDS TIED DESPITE SMUGGLING CLUES]
This courtroom sketch depicts Kilmar Abrego Garcia sitting in court during his detention hearing on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn.(Diego Fishburn via AP)
Top Justice Department officials, under the leadership of Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, then pushed for an indictment, according to court documents.
In his 32-page memorandum opinion, Crenshaw determined the DOJ’s rapid pivot from closing the case to prosecuting Abrego Garcia was a direct retaliation for his successful civil lawsuit.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia at an undisclosed location in San Salvador, El Salvador, on April 17, 2025.(Sen. Van Hollen’s Office/Getty Images, File)
Calling it an “abuse of prosecuting power,” the judge concluded “absent Abrego’s successful lawsuit challenging his removal to El Salvador, the Government would not have brought this prosecution.”
As a result of the finding, Crenshaw formally dismissed the indictment and vacated Abrego Garcia’s conditions of release.
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who flew to El Salvador in April 2025 to meet with Abrego Garcia after he was deported to the country’s “Terrorism Confinement Center” (CECOT) megaprison, hailed Friday’s decision.
“Today, a federal judge made clear what we have long known: the Department of Justice was engaged in a vindictive prosecution against Kilmar Abrego Garcia,” Van Hollen said in a statment. “This decision is a strong repudiation of Trump’s lawless DOJ and a win for the Constitutional rights of everyone in our nation.”
Alexandra Koch is a Fox News Digital journalist who covers breaking news, with a focus on high-impact events that shape national conversation.
She has covered major national crises, including the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder terror attack, and Texas Hill Country floods.
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