Rwandan national sentenced to 70 months in prison for resisting deportation orders

ALEXANDRIA, La. – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Rwandan national was sentenced Monday to 70 months in prison for refusing to leave the country after being ordered to depart.

Innocent Safari Nzamubereka, 38, of Rwanda, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell on two counts of failure to depart for resisting removal after final deportation orders.  According to evidence admitted at a two-day trial that ended on November 20, 2015, Nzamubereka refused to sign visa applications necessary for him to be sent back to the Republic of Rwanda where he had been ordered to return on March 12, 2013 and April 11, 2013.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Enforcement and Removal Operations conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Howard C. Parker and Dominic Rossetti prosecuted the case.