Overview
- Roberto Mosquera, 59, is being held in a maximum-security facility in Eswatini after his removal from the United States.
- A DHS assistant secretary said on X that he was convicted of first-degree murder and aggravated battery.
- Public records cited in reporting show he was convicted of attempted murder at 18 and served nine years, with no homicide conviction.
- His family says officials told them he was sent to Cuba, then they learned from local news he had been flown to Eswatini.
- The choice of Eswatini raises human-rights concerns, and a prior DHS assertion that home countries refused returns was disputed by Eswatini’s government.