Ohio man hid horrific role in 1994 Rwanda genocide to enter US, arrested after years on the run: DOJ

An Ohio man who is suspected of orchestrating mass killings during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has been arrested for allegedly lying on his US immigration papers to conceal his heinous crimes.Vincent Nzigiyimfura, 65, was nabbed in Dayton on June 12 after he was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of visa fraud and two counts of attempted naturalization fraud, according to the US Department of Justice.“As alleged, Vincent Nzigiumfura directed and encouraged murders during the genocide in Rwanda and then lied to US authorities to start a new life in this country,” The head of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Matthew Galeotti, said.“The United States is not a safe haven for human rights violators.Those, like the defendant, who commit immigration fraud to hide their violent pasts will be charged and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”Nzigiyimfura, also known as Vincent Mfura, is accused of playing a major role during the bloody genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda, perpetrated by the Hutus between April and July 1994 while working as a businessman and butcher.Officials alleged Nzigiyimfura helped direct and organize the killing of Tutsis while providing the Hutus with weapons and transportation to commit their mass murders.Nzigiyimfura allegedly organized roadblocks in the mountainous terrain of Rwanda’s Southern Province to trap fleeing Tutsis to be killed.He also allegedly “devised a scheme to trick Tutsis in hiding to believe that the killings had stopped, only to have them rounded up and murdered,” according to the DOJ.When the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) took military control of the country in mid-July 1994, ending the three-month-long bloody genocide, in which an estimated 500,000 to 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed, Nzigiyimfura fled to Malawi.Around 2008, the alleged orchestrator of mass murderers submitted applications for an immigrant visa to the US, where officials claim he falsified...