Federal Judge Orders Detainee Released (Former Sierra Leone Energy Minister)

[LeighAnn]

Source: WKRN TV-2 Nashville

A judge ordered authorities Thursday to release an immigrant from Sierra Leone who has been jailed for nearly a year while fighting accusations of involvement in the killing of counter-revolutionaries, charges another judge ruled were unfounded.

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Kambo, who was part of a government that took power in a bloodless coup in 1992, has denied any involvement in the killings, and an immigration judge ruled there was no credible evidence that Kambo had any role in creating or orchestrating the suppression of counter-revolutionaries.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Gary Anderson said Thursday that federal authorities still believe the immigration judge's finding in Kambo's case was wrong.

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Kambo, who has a master's of business administration from the University of Texas and lives in Austin with his family, was taken into custody in October 2006 during what he thought was a routine green card interview. Despite rulings from an immigration judge that the government lacked evidence he participated in the killings and that he should be released, Kambo remained in lockup while ICE appealed.


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