India, Aug. 25 -- Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who recently reunited with his family after months of detention, is once again in ICE custody as US authorities are pushing for his deportation: this time to Uganda, a country where he has no known ties. His attorneys accused the United States government of using Uganda as leverage to coerce Abrego into accepting a plea deal related to human smuggling charges, which he has denied, NBC reported.

Garcia, 30, fled El Salvador at age 16 to escape gang violence and settled in Maryland with his brother. He later started a family and worked in construction. In 2019, he was detained during a job search and turned over to immigration authorities. While a judge denied his asylum claim for la...