US Deports Sierra Leone Coup Figure Charles Mbayo Over Human Rights Crimes

ICE Detroit deports suspected war criminal and former high-ranking coup leader back to Sierra Leone - The Midwesterner

A suspected war criminal from Sierra Leone is out of America after living in the U.S. illegally for decades, signaling the U.S. will no longer harbor human rights violators. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported Charles Emile Mbayo, who has been linked to mass killings during Sierra Leone’s civil unrest decades earlier, from the United States to Sierra Leone on Aug. 20, according to an ICE news release. Mbayo was a senior member of t…

US Deports Sierra Leone Coup Figure Charles Mbayo Over Human Rights Crimes

By Emmanuel Nduka Obisue  The United States has deported Charles Mbayo, a former high-ranking junta member in Sierra Leone, over his alleged involvement in war crimes and human rights violations. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed on Monday that Mbayo, who had been in its custody since June 30, was flown back to Sierra Leone on August 20. “HSI is committed to ensuring that there is no safe haven in the United States for…