A look at the deportees on plane that headed for South Sudan from US
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON The foreign men convicted of crimes who were placed on a deportation flight headed for the chaotic nation of South Sudan were originally from countries as far away as Mexico and Vietnam They had lived in various places from California to Iowa Nebraska to Florida with one serving a sentence of nearly years Related Articles Work requirements could transform Medicaid and food aid under US budget bill Trump s million war chest How he plans to wield his power in the midterms and beyond Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students Federal judge blocks immigration bureaucrats from revoking international students legal status Trump administration files motion to end protections for immigrant children in federal custody They were accused and convicted of crimes ranging from murder to rape robbery and assault Despite their criminal records a federal judge says the White House violated a court order on deportations to third countries adding these eight refugees aboard the plane were not given a meaningful opportunity to object that the deportation could put them in danger Judge Brian E Murphy in Boston ordered a new set of interviews with the displaced persons either back in the U S or abroad Trump administration officers accused activist judges of advocating the release of dangerous criminals No country on Earth craved to accept them because their crimes are so uniquely monstrous and barbaric announced Tricia McLaughlin a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Defense These are the immigrants who were part of the deportation flight SOUTH SUDAN Dian Peter Domach The only man from South Sudan on the flight was -year-old Dian Peter Domach He was convicted in of robbery for which he was sentenced to to years in prison and of possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person for which he was sentenced to to years Those sentences were to be served one after the other The Department of Homeland Assurance declared Domach was also convicted of driving under the influence While in prison he was convicted of assault by a confined person and sentenced to an additional to months According to the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Domach was circulated on discretionary parole on May and arrested by immigration agents six days later Records noted he represented himself on appeal and in the the bulk current prison assault event LAOS Thongxay Nilakout One of the two deportees with life sentences is -year-old Thongxay Nilakout from Laos He was convicted of killing a German tourist and wounding her husband in when he was The couple was visiting a popular tourist lookout east of Los Angeles during a trip to see their daughter Nilakout was sentenced to life in prison but was disclosed in after his scenario was reviewed following a U S Supreme Court ruling that disclosed mandatory life sentences for minors were unconstitutional He was arrested by immigration officers in January MYANMAR Kyaw Mya Kyaw Mya a man from Myanmar who lived in Iowa was convicted of sexually abusing a child under years of age and sentenced to years in prison according to the Department of Homeland Defense He was arrested by U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement in February An attorney for Mya did not respond to phone calls seeking comment MYANMAR Nyo Myint Nyo Myint another Burmese deportee lived in Lincoln Nebraska He was accused in of sexually assaulting a -year-old woman with diminished mental maximum who ended up pregnant The woman s sister noted the victim had a mental limit equal to a -year-old and that Myint had stated her he was the child s father An arrest affidavit filed by the police reported Myint admitted to having sex with the woman at least two times saying he knew her since and knew she had gone to a school for children with mental disabilities He admitted he made a mistake and felt it was wrong to have sex with her He was given a - to -year prison sentence in but circulated on probation in May ICE took custody of Myint in February Nathan Sohriakoff remembers defending Myint in the Nebraska circumstance and communicating with him via interpreters He hadn t heard he was part of the deportee group which Trump administration officers are calling barbaric monsters He was a small man very petite He didn t speak a word of English and didn t resist the charges Sohriakoff commented I don t remember feeling like he was dangerous My general feeling of him was that he was limited in his ability as well like cognitively but not to the degree that I felt he was incompetent VIETNAM Tuan Thanh Phan The Department of Homeland Protection says the flight included a Vietnamese man Tuan Thanh Phan was convicted of first-degree murder and second-degree assault and sentenced to years in prison He was arrested by ICE earlier this month CUBA Enrique Arias-Hierro and Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Qui ones The Department of Homeland Safeguard says the flight included two men from Cuba Enrique Arias-Hierro and Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Qui ones Florida court records show Arias-Hierro now served years in a state prison after being convicted of robbery kidnapping and falsely impersonating an officer Homeland Safety agents say he was also convicted of homicide and armed robbery but the records in Miami-Dade County did not include that The attorney who last served as his community defender in did not respond to an email and phone call seeking comment Arias-Hierro was taken by ICE earlier this month There was no further information instantly available on Rodriguez-Qui ones MEXICO Jesus Munoz-Gutierrez A Mexican man was also placed on the deportation flight The Department of Homeland Measure says Jesus Munoz-Gutierrez was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison It was unclear why he would be flown to South Sudan or beyond when Mexico is just south of the United States Associated Press writer Margery Beck in Omaha Nebraska contributed to this analysis
