Issued on: 24/04/2026 - 10:47

After being quietly deported from the United States, 15 migrants from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru told AFP on Wednesday that they endured a 27-hour flight in handcuffs and shackles before eventually arriving in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a report by Emily Boyle.

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