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Central African hotel holds US deportees in prison conditions
The gist
Lawyers say two U.S. deportees were hooded, beaten and held at gunpoint in Equatorial Guinea.
The hotel holds 29 deportees with no ties to the country.
How it unfolded
- 2024Pietro Graza was detained by federal agents and held in a Florida detention camp before transfer to Eloy Detention Center.
- Apr 28, 2026Ahmed Soliman was deported by ICE to Equatorial Guinea without due process and has been detained at a hotel there since.
- Jul 31, 2026Masked Equatorial Guinean police officers broke into hotel rooms of five people, grabbed them by the neck, tackled them to the ground, handcuffed them and threatened them at gunpoint.