India, April 7 -- A US federal judge on Sunday ordered the Donald Trump administration for the second time to return Maryland man Kilmar Abregi Garcia, who was mistakenly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

In her order, district judge Paula Xinis blasted the US government's handling of the case, while also noting that a now-suspended justice department lawyer admitted he didn't know why Garcia was being held in the first place.

The order comes just days after she gave a ruling in the case, ordering the return of the man. The Trump administration argued that the government can't facilitate the return of Garcia because he is no longer in US custody, but the judge shot down that argument.

"As defendants acknowledge, they had no le...