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Kenis Lopez Gonzalez to be freed, returned to U.S. from Central African Republic

States Newsroom · October 30, 2026

A federal judge has ordered the federal government to immediately return Kenis Lopez Gonzalez to the U.S. from the Central African Republic, where he has been detained since August despite having no ties to the country. Lopez, who has no criminal record, arrived in the U.S. in 2022 from Nicaragua and turned himself in…

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Kenis Lopez Gonzalez to be freed, returned to U.S. from Central African Republic

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