Rwanda: U.S. Deports Rwandan Man Facing Genocide Charges

What the report says

The United States deported Jean Léonard Teganya, a Rwandan man accused of involvement in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, on Monday, November 9, according to The New Times via AllAfrica. Rwandan authorities received him at Kigali International Airport that evening, and he was then arrested. The National Public Prosecution Authority says Teganya was indicted in 2014 over alleged genocide-related crimes and crimes against humanity in Butare, now Huye District.

Teganya is 55 and was born in 1971 in Gatumba Sector, Ngororero District. During the 1994 genocide, he was living in Huye while studying medicine at the former National University of Rwanda and interning at the University Teaching Hospital of Butare. Prosecutors say the U.S. case that led to his removal centered on immigration fraud and perjury, not a genocide trial, but the proceedings included evidence about his alleged role during the killings.

The article says a federal jury in Boston convicted Teganya in 2019 on immigration fraud and perjury charges, and he later received a prison sentence before immigration removal proceedings. Rwandan prosecutors said he is the eighth genocide fugitive deported to Rwanda since 2007. The case underscores continued cooperation between U.S. and Rwandan authorities on accountability efforts tied to genocide-related cases.