Ghana Isn’t Accepting Abrego Garcia- Ablakwa
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has contested reports that Abrego Garcia- an alleged member of criminal gang MS-13- will be deported to Ghana.
According to him, he “cannot” be deported to Ghana, calling the news “misleading media reports”.
“Ghana is not accepting Abrego Garcia. He cannot be deported to Ghana.”
He affirmed that the information as conveyed by the Department of Homeland Security has been “directly and unambiguously conveyed to US authorities.”
“In my interactions with US officials, I made clear that our understanding to accept a limited number of non-criminal West Africans, purely on the grounds of African solidarity and humanitarian principles, would not be expanded.”
ABC News reports that Garcia had been living in Maryland with his wife and children, was deported in March to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison — despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to that country due to fear of persecution.
He was reportedly brought back to the U.S. in June to face human smuggling charges in Tennessee, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
After being released into the custody of his brother in Maryland pending trial, he was again detained by immigration authorities, who indicated their intention to deport him, ABC reports
Story by Hajara Fuseini
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