Traffic Stop Turns to Trafficking Allegation
In December 2022, Garcia was pulled over in Tennessee. Inside the vehicle were seven individuals—suspected trafficking victims. The car was registered to Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes, a man convicted of human trafficking in 2020. Reyes pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport undocumented individuals across the country.
Garcia, now deported as of March 15, 2025, drove Reyes’ car while transporting those individuals from Texas to Maryland.
Was Jennifer involved? Was her residence a destination point? Or worse—a safe house?
We are forced to ask, because government officials didn’t.
Classified as a Terrorist
Garcia is no longer merely a violent man with a temper. In 2025, MS-13 was formally designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). His affiliation makes him legally classified as a terrorist under U.S. law.
And yet, he remained in the U.S. for years after his bond was denied based on confidential informant testimony identifying him as a gang affiliate. He was granted “withholding of removal”—a form of legal protection against deportation—on the basis that he might be harmed by rival gangs back in El Salvador.
This legal technicality gave him permission to live and work in the U.S., while he allegedly committed violent crimes and engaged in cross-state human smuggling.
