Genocide suspect deported by U.S. will stand trial in Rwanda

Jean Léonard Teganya, a 55-year-old Rwandan man suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide, has been deported from the United States to Rwanda, where he is expected to stand trial. His arrival brings a long-running case back to Rwanda, where authorities say he will face genocide-related charges.

Teganya was indicted in Rwanda in 2014 over alleged crimes in several parts of Huye district, including at a university campus and medical school. He is being questioned by police before prosecutors receive his file. He fled Rwanda in July 1994, later sought asylum in Canada, and entered the US in 2014; a Boston jury convicted him in 2019 of immigration fraud and perjury connected to his US asylum claim. The genocide killed an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.