EXCLUSIVE – A former Liberian combatant believed to have ordered and participated in killings, torture and the recruitment of child soldiers was deported after spending nearly two decades in the United States.U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed Amos Sheik Massaquoi, 55, to Liberia on Aug.
11, officials told Fox News Digital.He is believed to have served as chief bodyguard to Maj.
Gen.Daniel Chea, a former leader in Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia.ICE said Massaquoi is believed to have ordered and participated in extrajudicial killings, acts of torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions, forced labor and the recruitment of child soldiers during the Liberia's civil wars from 1989 to 2003."If you are a confirmed human rights violator and you believe you can hide in the United States, you are mistaken," ICE Chicago Field Office Director Frank Padula said.LIBERIA AGREES TO ACCEPT 1,200 THIRD-COUNTRY DEPORTEES FROM US WITHIN A YEARICE removed Amos Sheik Massaquoi to Liberia on Aug.
11, 2026.Authorities say he is suspected of killings, torture, forced labor and using child soldiers during Liberia’s civil wars.
(U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement)"ICE will pursue, arrest and remove any individuals who committed atrocities abroad and ensure our communities are not used as a sanctuary from accountability."EXCLUSIVE: 25 YEARS AFTER 9/11, ICE SAYS MORE THAN 2K KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TERRORISTS HAVE BEEN DEPORTEDMassaquoi legally entered the U.S.
in August 2006 but was only authorized to remain until Nov.6 of that year, according to ICE.He remained in the country until Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested him in Maryland in August 2019 for being illegally present in the U.S.
An immigration judge granted him bond less than two months later, and he was released.TRUMP DOJ ESCALATES CITIZENSHIP CRACKDOWN ON GROUP ACCUSED OF HIDING TERROR TIES, VIOLENT CRIMESImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents patrol Dulles Internati...