The beekeeper who lives in the Hamptons was arrested after the Pristan Prosecutors say he entered the country claiming that the victim of the genocide from Rwanda in 1994. years – and instead was the participant.
Faustin Nsabumukunzie was arrested on Thursday in New York on immigration cheat charges, According to court documents.
Investigators believe that NSabumukunzies lied and instead helped engineer in Rwanda genocide as an administrator for the municipality of Kibiris. He pleaded not guilty on Thursday, with his 38-year-old son by side for support, according to New York Times.
“I know that I finished,” Nsabumukunzi said, as prosecutors read the accusations in court on Thursday.
Prosecutors say Nsabumukunzi said that we were told by immigration officials to be in the genocide in Rwanda when he requested refugee status, when he sought a permanent residence in 2006. years, and when he requested Citizenship in 2009. years.
His second application of naturalization is still ongoing after the first is rejected, indicate court documents.
He could face up to 30 years in prison if he is convicted. However, the 65-year-old can also be deported RwandaWhere the authorities were asked for almost 20 years.
“As allegedly, the accused participated in the Commission of the horrible shares abroad, and then lied to his journey into the Green Card and tried to get American citizenship”, Departure of Justice Head of Criminal Division Matthew R. Galeotti said in a statement. “No matter how much time passed, that Department of Justice They will also be processed by individuals who committed crimes in their home countries and cover to get entry and seek citizenship in the United States. ”
Gendin genocide included the systematic killing of the ethnic minority of Tutsis according to the ethnic majority of Hutus for three months in 1994. years. Hutus killed hundreds of thousands of tutsis, mostly men and sexually attacked hundreds of thousands of women.
Defender Evan Sugar said to the court that NSabumukunzie suffers from arthritis and had no financial asset to win the country when he did it, according to Time.
“We’re talking about a 65-year-old with a broken body,” he said.
NSabumukunzi, as the administrator for Kibiris, supervised the killing of Tutsis, prosecutors say in court documents. They say that Nsabumukunzi sets road blockages to detect Tutsis and prevent them from leaving their homes.
In April he reportedly directed a group of armed Hut men to kill a group of Tutsis who were near his administrative offices, and then directed them to remove their dead bodies. Nsabumukunzi also encouraged men Hut to rape the tutsi women.
“He was a bit of a local person,” said the assistant American lawyer Samantha Alessi Time.
While in the United States, judicial Randanan condemned NSabumukunzi in 2008. years and sentenced him to life in prison. Prosecutors accused him again in 2014. And RwandaInterpol Interpol Bureau Issued by notification for him in 2016. years.