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US brings back El Salvador deportee to face charges

Kilmar Garcia set to face prosecution on two federal criminal charges.

The US government has brought charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia on his return after he was wrongly deported to a high-security jail in El Salvador. We hear from a friend of Mr Abrego Garcia's family.

Also in the programme: the former US Ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, tells us why she decided she could no longer serve in the post; and we'll bring you the story of Beanbag, the runaway capybara.

Julian Worricker is joined by Chris Brown, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s foreign correspondent for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and Nataliya Vasilyeva freelance reporter for the New York Times.

(Photo: People watch aircraft at Mons. Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport, from where Kilmar Abrego Garcia was returned to the U.S June 6, 2025. Reuters/Jose Cabezas)

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