ATLANTA, GA – A 43-year-old woman reportedly from Liberia was deported back to her home country earlier in September after officials determined she was a notorious rebel commander decades ago in her home country, reportedly leading insurgents in Liberia and recruiting child soldiers during her exploits abroad years earlier.
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently removed Mayama Sesay from the United States back to her home country in Liberia after being taken into custody this past April.
Sesay was reportedly residing in the Atlanta, Georga, area prior to her apprehension following an ordered removal from back in May of 2022 which she made an unsuccessful attempt to reverse the order before the Board of Immigration Appeals.
According to officials, Sesay first entered the United States back in March 2014 via a visitation visa and would later go on to marry a U.S. citizen.
By April 2015, Sesay applied for permanent residency, but during her immigration interview, it was determined that she was a notorious Liberian insurgent known as “Black Diamond,” an assertion she tried to claim was untrue.
Sesay reportedly joined alongside insurgent forces attempting to topple the Liberian government when she was just 16 years old, later becoming a feared leader amongst the rebels by age 22 who would carry on the abhorrent practice of recruiting child soldiers, particularly young girls.
While the Liberian government were engaged in their own war crimes at the time of Sesay’s rebel endeavors, Sesay too was also designated a war criminal by Liberia for her acts of terrorism which included the murder of military personnel and civilians.
Homeland Security Investigations in tandem with the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center were instrumental in identifying Sesay and seeing her deportation order through, with the latter of the two having previously prevented in excess of 390 individuals from entering the United States who are suspected human rights violators.
It is unclear whether Sesay will be facing any criminal charges in her home country of Liberia in light of her exploits decades earlier.
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently removed Mayama Sesay from the United States back to her home country in Liberia after being taken into custody this past April.
Sesay was reportedly residing in the Atlanta, Georga, area prior to her apprehension following an ordered removal from back in May of 2022 which she made an unsuccessful attempt to reverse the order before the Board of Immigration Appeals.
According to officials, Sesay first entered the United States back in March 2014 via a visitation visa and would later go on to marry a U.S. citizen.
By April 2015, Sesay applied for permanent residency, but during her immigration interview, it was determined that she was a notorious Liberian insurgent known as “Black Diamond,” an assertion she tried to claim was untrue.
Sesay reportedly joined alongside insurgent forces attempting to topple the Liberian government when she was just 16 years old, later becoming a feared leader amongst the rebels by age 22 who would carry on the abhorrent practice of recruiting child soldiers, particularly young girls.
While the Liberian government were engaged in their own war crimes at the time of Sesay’s rebel endeavors, Sesay too was also designated a war criminal by Liberia for her acts of terrorism which included the murder of military personnel and civilians.
Homeland Security Investigations in tandem with the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center were instrumental in identifying Sesay and seeing her deportation order through, with the latter of the two having previously prevented in excess of 390 individuals from entering the United States who are suspected human rights violators.
It is unclear whether Sesay will be facing any criminal charges in her home country of Liberia in light of her exploits decades earlier.
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2025-09-26T10:39-0400 | Comment by: James
Why not put her to death?