"They have been held in a maximum-security prison along with 10 others deported in October, after a broader ramp-up in third-country removals under the US president's immigration crackdown. US officials have said the men deported to Eswatini are convicted criminals. Their lawyers say all of them had finished serving their sentences in the US and that there was no legal basis to imprison them again."
"My client is arbitrarily detained and now his life is on the line, Alma David, Mosquera del Peral's US-based attorney, said in a statement, adding that had begun the hunger strike on 15 October. A spokesperson for Eswatini's correctional services department had no immediate comment but said he would review the information. The US Department of Homeland Security wrote on X in June that Mosquera del Peral, 58, had been arrested by immigration authorities in Miami."
Roberto Mosquera del Peral, a 58-year-old Cuban deported to Eswatini by the Trump administration, began a hunger strike on 15 October while held in a maximum-security prison. He was among five third-country nationals deported in July and is detained with ten others deported in October amid a ramp-up in third-country removals. US officials described the men as convicted criminals, while lawyers say all finished their US sentences and argue there is no legal basis for further imprisonment. The Department of Homeland Security listed serious convictions; his attorney disputes those characterizations and demands access to meet him in Eswatini.
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