Judge says deportations to South Sudan violate court order
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A chartered removal flight with eight men convicted of crimes in the United States, including one from Iowa, took off for South Sudan.
Thongxay Nilakout, a citizen of Laos, shot and killed a German tourist in Southern California in 1994 when he was 17. He was convicted of shooting and killing Gisela Pfleger and wounding her husband Klaus, during a robbery. Klaus survived and just celebrated his 93 rd birthday.
The Trump administration said Wednesday it had deported eight migrants convicted of violent crimes in the United States but refused to reveal where they would end up.