Ohio: Rwandan Man Indicted for Allegedly Hiding Genocidal Past to Enter U.S.

A man who immigrated to the U.S. from Rwanda has been indicted for allegedly hiding his genocidal past to gain citizenship.

An Ohio federal grand jury indicted 65-year-old Vincent Nzigiyimfura last Friday for hiding his role in the infamous 1994 Rwandan genocide in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed. Per Mid Michigan Now:

In 2014, Nzigiyimfura applied to become a U.S. citizen by making false statements and omitting material facts, according to the jury. He allegedly claimed he never persecuted anybody or committed any crimes, statements that contradicted his past as a leader of the genocide in some areas of Rwanda. The jury added that Nzigiyimfura reaffirmed those claims in an interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Nzigiyimfura led the genocide, in the

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