Lowly District Judge Orders "Maryland Man" and Human Trafficker Kilmar Abrego-Garcia Released from Custody

The judge was appointed by Obama. Weird how the media never points that out. They only note which judges were appointed by Republicans.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis issued the order, granting Abrego Garcia's petition for relief.

"Since Abrego Garcia's return from wrongful detention in El Salvador, he has been re-detained, again without lawful authority. For this reason, the Court will GRANT Abrego Garcia's Petition for immediate release from ICE custody," Xinis wrote.

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Federal law enforcement have floated deporting him to an alternate destination, though they have struggled to secure the judicial go-ahead.

"Maryland Obama Judge Panagiota (Paula) Xinis is a lawless and dangerous radical," Article3Projecte found Mike Davis posted on X.

She just illegally ordered the release of "Saint" Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an MS13 terrorist and the Democrat patron saint of wife-beating and human trafficking."

Camilo Montoya-Galvez @camiloreports

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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being released from ICE detention in Pennsylvania after a federal judge ordered his release, his attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg tells me.

"They're booking him out as we speak."

Meanwhile, the communist press is badgering Republicans about missile strikes on... "fishing boats."

Fishing boats?

Do fentanyl precursor chemicals make for good chum? Is coke good bait?

Also: Trump made another big move against communist strongman Maduro, seizing a tanker off the coast of Venezuela alleged to be used to carry Iranian oil with the proceeds going to terrorist groups.

President Trump revealed Wednesday afternoon that U.S. authorities intercepted a Cuba-bound oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast, a dramatic move aimed at tightening the squeeze on illicit oil networks operating throughout the region. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump described the vessel as "a very large tanker -- the largest one ever seized in action," hinting that more developments are coming. He declined to get into specifics, saying only that the operation happened "for a very good reason." When asked about the tanker's crude, Trump didn't overcomplicate it. "Well, we keep it, I guess," he said.

According to a U.S. official familiar with the operation, the seizure was executed by the Coast Guard with support from the U.S. Navy after a federal judge green-lit the warrant roughly two weeks ago. Another official told the New York Times the ship -- identified as the Skipper -- had been sailing under a falsified flag and has a documented history of trafficking illicit Iranian oil. The vessel, although carrying Venezuelan crude at the time, was seized because of those Iranian smuggling ties, not because of any direct connection to Nicolás Maduro's regime.

Vanguard, a UK-based maritime risk firm, confirmed Wednesday that the Skipper fits the profile of a tanker previously sanctioned by the United States for operating under the alias Adisa while moving banned Iranian oil. A source speaking to Politico said the ship was on its way to Cuba, where state-run Cubametales intended to flip the cargo to Asian brokers -- an increasingly common workaround as U.S. sanctions isolate both Havana and Caracas from traditional buyers. With most Venezuelan product now flowing to China under the sanctions regime, oil traders began recalibrating almost immediately after the news broke. Prices ticked upward modestly as markets waited to learn whether any Venezuelan crude was on board and how much would be effectively taken off the table.

posted by Ace at 05:45 PM

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