The Tennessee Highway Patrol has released body camera footage of its November 2022 traffic stop of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, in which he is suspected of human smuggling.
It was dark outside when the state trooper pulled Abrego Garcia over and walked up to his vehicle. The officer’s flashlight revealed eight additional men cramped into the vehicle.
“How many rows have you got in here? Four seats? Four rows of seats?” the trooper asked Abrego Garcia. “Did y’all put an extra one in?”
Abrego Garcia says no.
“He’s hauling these people for money,” another trooper can be heard saying moments later.
The troopers discuss the fact that there is no luggage in the car, despite the fact that Abrego Garcia said all the men were traveling through multiple states for construction work.
“He’s got $1,400 cash in his pocket in an…
