00:00A Rwandan man convicted of lying about his role in the 1994 genocide has been deported from the
00:07United States to Rwanda. 55-year-old John Leona Tagania was sentenced to 97 months in prison
00:15in 2019 for immigration fraud and perjury after concealing his alleged involvement
00:21in the mass killings. Court documents alleged Tagania led soldiers and pro-government youth
00:27to a hospital, hunting down Tutsi patients and refugees, who was also implicated in the murders
00:34of seven Tutsis and the grave of two women. After fleeing Rwanda in 1994 and moving through
00:41several countries, he eventually ended up in the United States. Rwandan prosecutors say
00:47he has now been returned home.
