A Rwandan man accused of war crimes was nabbed by the US Border Patrol in northern Maine after a local citizen reported a "suspicious person" walking near the Canadian border, law enforcement officials said Thursday.| Not the Mexican border? Fascinating. |
Canadian court documents say that Teganya, an ethnic Hutu, and his family fled Rwanda in 1994. He traveled first to Congo, then Kenya, and India, before finally entering Quebec to seek asylum..
A Canadian immigration agency denied refugee status to Teganya, saying he was complicit in the killing of 200 Tutsis at a hospital where he was a medical intern. Teganya, the son of a convicted war criminal in Rwanda, told a judge he could be detained and subject to torture and punishment if returned to Rwanda.
After multiple appeals, a Canadian court issued a warrant for Teganya's removal from Canada. A spokeswoman for the US Customs and Border Protection said formal charges had yet to be filed and that a judge would ultimately determine whether Teganya would be returned to Rwanda, or Canada.