A woman who lied on her refugee application in the United states over her role in the Rwandan genocide has been jailed for 10 years.
43-year-old Beatrice Munyenyezi commanded road blocks in Rwanda, where Hutu militias would murder Tutsi civilians ruled the US court, making her reportedly the first person in the US to be convicted over the genocide of Tutsis.
She was handed down a maximum term, a 10-year jail sentence, after which she will be deported to Rwanda, where genocide charges potentially await her.
Judge McAuliffe said,
“This defendant was actively involved, actively participated, in the mass killing of men, women and children simply because they were Tutsis.”
Munyenyezi's husband and his mother are currently serving life sentences for genocide.
