Overview

• South Sudan’s foreign ministry said the repatriation of Jesus Munoz-Gutierrez was coordinated with the Mexican Embassy in Ethiopia and carried out under international and diplomatic protocols.
• Munoz-Gutierrez was among eight men sent to Juba in July after U.S. authorities restarted swift transfers to third countries.
• DHS has said Munoz-Gutierrez was convicted of second-degree murder in the U.S. and received a life sentence.
• The eight deportees are not South Sudanese, with others reported from Cuba, Laos, Myanmar, Sudan and Vietnam.
• Rights groups continue to challenge third-country removals and it remains unclear whether the men had legal representation, as other African countries including Uganda, Eswatini and Rwanda have recently received U.S. deportees.