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Keith Hunsucker served as the acting chief judge for the immigration court system for several months.
Ecuador's President Noboa said Carlos Serrano is being held in El Encuentro prison.
The Ecuadorean president issued a warning to former official Mr. Correa, who lives in Belgium.
Within five hours of an appeals board ruling, Carlos Serrano was on a plane to Ecuador, and his arrival was broadcast online.
Judge Keith Hunsucker, who wrote the appellate opinion, has close ties to the Trump administration.
An ICE official told Carlos Serrano's lawyers that he was removed from a deportation flight manifest after the office was made aware of the error.
By the time of her meeting with Daniel Noboa, Kristi Noem was no longer head of Homeland Security and had a new role at the State Department.
Kristi Noem met with Daniel Noboa in New York one day after Carlos Serrano was nearly deported, according to Noboa's social media.
Appellate judges stated that the harm to Jorge Glas did not legally qualify as torture because specific intent was not proven.
On Aug. 27 at 4:06 p.m., the Homeland Security Department filed its written argument to the immigration appeals board, according to court records.
On August 28 at 3:12 p.m., a three-judge appellate panel unanimously reversed a lower court's decision in Carlos Serrano's case.
In June, Carlos Serrano was nearly deported to Ecuador despite a judge's order, according to court filings and government records.
In court, José Serrano acknowledged telling U.S. federal agents he took about $575,000 in bribes while serving as interior minister.
Jorge Glas is a former high-ranking member of Mr. Correa’s government who was imprisoned in Ecuador.
Judge Lerner found Carlos Serrano's testimony credible but made no finding on his involvement in an assassination.
On May 13, Judge Lerner granted Carlos Serrano deferral of removal, a protection from deportation to Ecuador.
The UN's special rapporteur on torture said Jorge Glas appeared to have been subjected to torture.
After his 2025 arrest in Florida, José Serrano was charged in Ecuador with masterminding the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio.
Ecuadorean prosecutors built a criminal case against José Serrano, accusing him of planning the 2023 assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.
According to a Times analysis, Judge Romy Lerner denied asylum in 83% of cases, a rate above the national average.