Overview

• Jesús Muñoz Gutiérrez arrived in Mexico City on Sunday after consular staff escorted him from Juba, and he was received by Vanessa Calva of the Foreign Ministry’s protection office.
• South Sudan’s Foreign Ministry announced a successful handover in Juba to Ambassador Alejandro Estivill and said Mexico provided assurances against torture, inhuman treatment or unfair prosecution.
• Mexico’s Foreign Ministry called the removal arbitrary and cited a May 20 deportation date, while U.S. notices had described Muñoz as serving a life sentence, conflicting with Mexico’s statement that he completed a 25‑year term.
• The case stems from the Trump administration’s revived third‑country removals, with eight people sent to Juba on July 5 after a Supreme Court decision cleared the way for such transfers.
• South Sudan said it remains in contact with other governments to resolve the status of additional non‑nationals who were deported there from the United States.