Nashville, TN – Newly released bodycam footage from a 2022 Tennessee Highway Patrol traffic stop involving Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, obtained by Fox News’ Bill Melugin on April 29, 2025, has conservatives on X, like @MAGAForce2024, cheering as it dismantles the Democrats’ portrayal of him as an innocent “Maryland dad.” The video shows Abrego-Garcia suspected of human trafficking, driving a convicted smuggler’s car with eight unrelated passengers and $1,400 in cash—alleged payment for his role—prompting @PatriotPulse to write, “Dems’ narrative just imploded—Abrego-Garcia’s a criminal, not a victim!”
The footage captures state troopers pulling over Abrego-Garcia, a 29-year-old El Salvadoran, on a Tennessee highway, noting the vehicle’s unusual four rows of seats, per justthenews.com []. “He’s hauling these people for money,” a trooper says, highlighting the $1,400 cash and Abrego-Garcia’s invalid Maryland driver’s license. Troopers suspected human trafficking, with one noting, “This is a good stop,” but ICE, under Biden, failed to pick him up, per marylandmatters.org []. Abrego-Garcia was deported to El Salvador’s CECOT gang prison in March 2025, sparking a legal battle, with the U.S. Supreme Court ordering his return—a move El Salvador rejected, per nbcnews.com [].
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Democrats, including Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), who met Abrego-Garcia in El Salvador on April 17, per apnews.com [], have painted him as a sympathetic figure, dubbing him a “Maryland dad” to rally anti-Trump sentiment. But the bodycam footage, combined with prior revelations of Abrego-Garcia’s alleged MS-13 ties—like his 2019 arrest wearing a Chicago Bulls hat, a gang symbol, per bbc.com []—and his wife’s 2021 restraining orders for domestic abuse, per newsweek.com [], paints a darker picture. @America1stMAGA wrote, “Dems thought this MS-13 thug was a saint—what a colossal miscalculation!”
The video, showing troopers inspecting the crowded vehicle under a clear sky, has conservatives slamming Democrats for their narrative. @JusticeForAll22 added, “Abrego-Garcia’s a human trafficker and abuser—Dems look like imbeciles for defending him!” With Trump’s administration deporting 88,763 immigrants since January, per DHS [], and El Salvador refusing his return, conservatives see this as a major blow to the left’s anti-deportation stance, proving Abrego-Garcia is far from the innocent father Democrats claimed.
