Cooperating witness against Kilmar Ábrego García to be spared deportation

Trump administration says José Ramón Hernández Reyes owned SUV Salvadorian allegedly used to smuggle migrants

Court records show that the Trump administration has agreed to spare from deportation a key witness in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Ábrego García in exchange for his cooperation in the case.

José Ramón Hernández Reyes, 38, has been convicted of smuggling migrants and illegally re-entering the United States after having been deported. He also pleaded guilty to “deadly conduct” in connection with a separate incident where he drunkenly fired a gun in a Texas community.