Name Enos Kagaba | ||
Enos Kagaba is a Rwandan businessman who, in 2001, was arrested at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport when he attempted to gain entry into the United States.
Arrest
He was initially charged with fraud and attempting to enter the country under false identity. Once the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Human Rights Violators and Public Safety Unit (HRVPSU) became aware that Rwanda had issued an international arrest warrant against Kagaba for actions of genocide during the 1994 war in Rwanda, genocide charges were also added. A removal order was then issued.
This was the first incidence in the United States of a removal order for the accusation of genocide. The United States used 18 U.S.C. ยง2340a to establish jurisdiction over Kagaba. This statute granted jurisdiction over an alleged offender if he: a) is a national of the United States OR b) is present in the United States (regardless of whether he or the victims(s) are/were U.S. nationals).