Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 17

ICE Wins First Removal Under New Intel Reform Act Powers

ATLANTA, Ga. — A 54 year-old man suspected of committing numerous acts of torture in his native Ethiopia has been ordered deported. The case represents the first removal order obtained by ICE under the new authorities of the recently enacted Intelligence Reform Act of 2004.

Kelbessa Negewo was responsible for arresting, torturing and killing perceived political opponents in his native Ethiopia. During the 1970’s, Negewo served as chairman of the Higher Zone 9, one of several specialized units in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, which employed a campaign of torture, arbitrary imprisonment and summary executions against perceived enemies of the government. The campaign was called “Red Terror.”

Negewo came to the United States as a student. He obtained immigration benefits and ultimately became a citizen. ICE agents subsequently initiated an investigation into Negewo after several of his torture victims who had relocated from Ethiopia to Atlanta encountered him in the city by chance.

The ICE investigation revealed that Negewo made false statements about his past human rights violations. ICE agents arrested Negewo and he was ordered removed by an immigration judge on July 26.

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