{"id":2000131794,"date":"2026-11-09T22:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T20:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000131794"},"modified":"2026-11-09T22:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T20:50:38","slug":"us-deports-genocide-suspect-teganya-jean-leonard-to-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/us-deports-genocide-suspect-teganya-jean-leonard-to-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"US deports genocide suspect Teganya Jean L\u00e9onard to Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Public Prosecution Authority (NPPA) received Teganya on November 9, 2026, following his deportation from the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the NPPA, Teganya was indicted in 2014 over his alleged involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The alleged crimes were committed in Butare town, in Huye District, Southern Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teganya was born in 1971 in Gatumba Sector, Ngororero District, Western Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, he was living in Huye District, where he was pursuing medical studies at the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was also an intern at the University Hospital of Butare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda’s Prosecutor General spokesperson, Faustin Nkusi, said Teganya is the eighth person wanted in connection with the Genocide against the Tutsi to be sent back to Rwanda by the United States since 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Since 2007, this is the eighth person. You can see that this is encouraging, and we are still working together on other cases involving people who are being pursued and are in the United States,” Nkusi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also warned those who participated in the Genocide against the Tutsi that they would eventually face justice, regardless of where they are hiding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“These crimes do not expire. Everyone has their day. We have issued as many as 1,232 arrest warrants, and there will come a day when anyone who committed crimes during the Genocide against the Tutsi will be held accountable, wherever they may be hiding in the world,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement dated November 9, 2026, the NPPA thanked US judicial authorities for their cooperation in efforts to combat impunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The National Public Prosecution Authority [NPPA] expresses its appreciation to the judicial authorities of the United States of America for their cooperation in the deportation of genocide fugitives, their continued collaboration on mutual legal assistance, and their contribution to international efforts to combat impunity and ensure accountability for the crimes of genocide,” the statement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before Teganya, the most recent person sent from the United States to Rwanda over alleged involvement in the Genocide against the Tutsi was Ahmed Napoleon Mbonyunkiza, who was deported on March 4, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others include Enos Kagaba, deported in 2005; Jean Marie Vianney Mudahinyuka, also known as Zuzu, and Marie-Claire Mukeshimana, deported in 2011; L\u00e9opold Munyakazi, deported in 2016; and Beatrice Munyenyezi and Oswald Rurangwa, also known as Oswald Rukemuye, who were deported in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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US and Rwandan law enforcement officers signed handover documents following Teganya Jean L\u00e9onard\u2019s deportation to Rwanda from the United States.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Teganya Jean L\u00e9onard is suspected of involvement in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Butare, present-day Huye District, where he was a medical student and intern at the University Hospital of Butare.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Teganya Jean L\u00e9onard will face trial before Rwandan courts over his alleged involvement in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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US law enforcement officers handed over genocide suspect Teganya Jean L\u00e9onard to Rwandan law enforcement officers upon his arrival in Kigali on November 9, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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