U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he arrives at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 5, 2025. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz
A once self-proclaimed "super Trump supporter" was deported by the Trump administration to a maximum security prison in Africa after he was erroneously mislabeled as a killer, according to a new report.
The Daily Beast reported on Monday that a Cuban man named Roberto Mosquera, 59, was deported to Eswatini along with five other people. Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin wrote on X that Mosquera was “convicted of first-degree murder and aggravated battery," a claim that Mosquera's daughter refuted to the outlet.
“I was hysterical… It’s literally on their verified page that my dad is a murderer," Monica Mosquera, 20, told the outlet.
The Daily Beast reported that Mosquera has never been charged or convicted of homicide. He was charged with attempted murder when he was 18 after he shot someone in the leg, but Mosquera's lawyer told the outlet that he had spent years rebuilding his life.
“They were saying he was a murderer... Then they lied to me saying that he was sent to Cuba, and I had to find out about a week later that he was actually sent to Africa," Monica Mosquera said.
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