Kilmar Albrego-Garcia became the face that launched a thousand myths. He became the poster child for the left’s attempt to paint Trump’s push to rid America of criminal aliens as cruel. He was a "Maryland man" with a wife and children. Just a dad, trying to make a living. Even after the facts sank that ship, he remains a cause célèbre. Maryland Man, aka Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, aka KAAG, remains the face of the left’s campaign to throw every wrench into the gears of federal immigration enforcement.
In July, RedState's Ward Clark wrote:
A federal judge in Maryland has now issued an order blocking Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from arresting illegal alien and accused MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, should he be released on bail. Abrego Garcia is currently held in Tennessee, where he faces federal human trafficking charges. The judge, Paula Xinis, has also barred the Trump administration from deporting Abrego Garcia without "sufficient notice."
It seems to be an unending cycle - the efforts of Democrats, lawyers, and singing activists to keep an illegal alien in the country. And it started with the media’s lie that an accused human trafficker, MS-13 gangbanger, and wife-beater was just a loving dad and husband. Maryland Man. The myth of “Maryland Man” was born. And the myth remains.
But now there's a new “Maryland Man.” ABC’s headline reads as follows:
Maryland man charged in killing of missing 19-year-old Dacara Thompson
Who is this new iteration of "Maryland Man?" According to ABC:
A Maryland man has been arrested and charged in the killing of a 19-year-old woman who was reported missing last month, Prince George’s County police announced Friday.
Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, 35, of Bowie, is charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of Dacara Thompson of Lanham.
On Aug. 31, Maryland State Police discovered a body in neighboring Anne Arundel County. The remains were later identified as Thompson, prompting a joint investigation with county detectives.
You’d need to get to the seventh paragraph to learn that Hernandez-Mendez is an illegal alien and that ICE had a detainer issued:
"Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, an illegal alien from Guatemala, has been charged with first and second-degree murder in the gruesome death of 19-year-old Dacara Thompson. ICE has issued a detainer for this criminal illegal alien and justice will be served for this Maryland family," ICE said in a statement on social media.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore released a statement on Thompson's death, saying she was "taken from us by an act of senseless violence."
Thompson was reportedly killed in the bedroom that Hernandez-Mendez rented.
Back in April, Hernandez-Mendez was stopped by a US Park Ranger for a DUI:
According to docs obtained by @7NewsDC Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, the man in the country illegally now charged with the murder of Dacara Thompson was pulled over on the BW pkwy by a @usparkpolicepio officer, taken into custody and cited for DUI and other violations. Cont’d pic.twitter.com/bZtFo9Ezxs
— Brad Bell (@Brad7News) September 6, 2025
Why he wasn’t detained and jailed isn’t known at this point. My guess is: because he was stopped on a state parkway, Maryland had responsibility for jailing him and not the Park Rangers, who are not jailers. What is known is that he was in the country illegally; nonetheless, he was issued a driver’s license by Maryland. And, he had a Social Security number - unlikely to be his own.
The net result is that two Maryland Men who shouldn’t have been in Maryland at all are in custody. One is waiting for deportation. One is accused of brutally murdering a teenager.
He is scheduled for a bond hearing on Monday.
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