Jean Leonard Teganya deported from US to Rwanda

Jean Leonard Teganya, a 55-year-old Rwandan national, has been deported from the United States to Rwanda to face charges related to the 1994 genocide. Teganya arrived at Kigali International Airport on November 9, 2026, accompanied by US security officers.

Teganya was indicted in 2014 for his alleged involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity in the Huye district, specifically at a university campus and a medical school. According to US court records and the Department of Justice, Teganya was a medical student at the National University of Rwanda during the genocide. He is accused of leading groups of soldiers and pro-government youths to locate Tutsi patients and refugees at a hospital, who were then killed.

In 2019, a federal jury in Boston convicted Teganya of immigration fraud and perjury for providing false information to obtain asylum in the US. He served a 97-month prison sentence before his deportation. Teganya had previously fled Rwanda in 1994, traveled through several countries including India, and sought asylum in Canada before evading a Canadian deportation order to enter the United States in 2014.