Overview
- The New Yorker profiled Orville Etoria, a Jamaican national deported on an ICE flight to Eswatini, featuring his first‑person reflections on being shackled.
- A community note on X added that Etoria had multiple serious felonies, including a 1997 murder, and that his lawful permanent resident status was revoked after those convictions.
- DHS said an immigration judge issued a final removal order in 2009 and described the case as taking a dangerous individual off U.S. streets.
- Officials and coverage referenced third‑country transfers, with Eswatini cited as the destination in July 2025 and CECOT facilities mentioned in broader DHS messaging.
- Blaze Media reported that Jamaica’s foreign affairs minister said Etoria was repatriated to Jamaica in September.