Genocide Suspect Munyenyezi Loses U.S. Citizenship

{{Beatrice Munyenyezi, 42 a Rwandan national and genocide suspect has lost her US citizenship after court found her guilty of lying on immigration forms about her role in Rwanda genocide.}}

Munyenyezi was living in New Hampshire in the U.S. She was stripped of her U.S. citizenship on Thursday.

The move came shortly after a federal jury convicted her of failing to disclose on U.S. visa applications her membership in Rwanda’s ruling MRND party that helped carry out the 1994 genocide, which left one million ethnic Tutsis dead.

Munyenyezi, who has been in the U.S. since 1998, faces up to 10 years in U.S. prison when she is sentenced in June, followed by deportation to Rwanda, where she could face local charges.

Her conviction comes after an effort to prosecute her on the same charges last March ended in a mistrial when the jury deadlocked.

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