Five migrants deported to Eswatini, held in maximum-security prison without charge
Five migrants from Jamaica, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen were deported to Eswatini and held without charge in a maximum-security prison. One, Cuban national Roberto Mosquera, remains there though he has no family, friends, or crimes in the country.
Jul 15, 2025
Approximately 10 days after the South Sudan deportation, five migrants from Jamaica, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, and Yemen were deported to Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). The deportees were sent to Matsapha Correctional Center, the country's main maximum-security prison. Jamaican national Orville Etoria was able to return to his country at the end of September, but four others remain detained without charge and without permission to receive visitors. According to lawyers, the U.S.-Eswatini agreement provided for the transfer of 160 deportees in exchange for $5.1 million. One detainee, Cuban national Roberto Mosquera, remains imprisoned in the country where he never committed a crime and has no family or friends.
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