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Man mistakenly deported to El Salvador is back in US

Kilmar Ábrego García will face two federal criminal charges

The US government has brought charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia on his return to the country after he was wrongly deported to a high-security jail in El Salvador.His lawyers called the charges against him "preposterous".

Also in the programme: we hear why the Haka - a traditional Maori dance - got three Maori MP's in New Zealand suspended; and, we hear from the author of a new book on Britain's first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher.

Julian Worricker is ed by Chris Brown, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s foreign correspondent for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and Nataliya Vasilyeva freelance reporter for the New York Times.

(Photo: A Homeland Security vehicle stands in front of the Fred D. Thompson Federal Building, where Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported from Maryland, U.S., to El Salvador by U.S. President Donald Trump's istration, faces criminal charges. 6 June 2025/ Reuters)

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