From the Daily Caller: A previously deported Mexican national with a lengthy rap sheet could be tantamount in proving Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a longtime smuggler of illegal migrants.
Prosecutors released Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes early from a federal prison and have offered him deportation protection in exchange for his cooperation against Abrego Garcia, according to court documents reviewed by The Washington Post. Reyes, an illegal migrant previously convicted of human smuggling himself, is connected to a 2022 Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) stop that became the epicenter of the Trump administration’s criminal case against Abrego Garcia.
A previously deported Mexican national with a lengthy rap sheet could be tantamount in proving Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a longtime smuggler of illegal migrants.
Prosecutors released Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes early from a federal prison and have offered him deportation protection in exchange for his cooperation against Abrego Garcia, according to court documents reviewed by The Washington Post. Reyes, an illegal migrant previously convicted of human smuggling himself, is connected to a 2022 Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) stop that became the epicenter of the Trump administration’s criminal case against Abrego Garcia.
Reyes has a long criminal record dating back to 2015 and has already been deported from the U.S. multiple times, was reportedly given a ‘sweetheart deal’ to spill the the beans on Abrego Garcia. The Daily Caller explained:
In exchange for his testimony, has been given early release from a federal prison and placed into a halfway house, according to the Post. He has additionally been granted permission to remain in the U.S. for at least a year, and could possibly be given a work permit.
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Exclusive: Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon who has been released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for his cooperation in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego García. https://t.co/6gjzqwecPS
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