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Cuban man deported to Eswatini on hunger strike in prison without charges, lawyer says

Jul 15, 2026 · Eswatini, Cuba

Cuban man deported to Eswatini on hunger strike in prison without charges, lawyer says

Roberto Mosquera del Peral, a Cuban man who arrived in the U.S. as a child during the 1980 Mariel boatlift and built a life as a plumber, husband, and father of four daughters, was deported to Eswatini in mid-July as part of the Trump administration's third-country deportation program. He has been held at Matsapha Correctional Complex, a maximum-security prison, for more than three months without being charged with any offense or given access to legal counsel. His lawyer reports he is on a hunger strike with serious health concerns, and civic groups in Eswatini have filed court cases challenging the legality of holding him and other deportees in prison without charge.

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