MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — The strange tale of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate who resettled in Uruguay, staged a hunger strike to leave and sparked a regional alarm when he went missing, took another unexpected twist when he was deported back from Morocco - even though officials here were unaware that he had ever left. Syrian native Abu Wa'el Dhiab arrived in Uruguay's capital on Saturday and was questioned by Interpol after being deported for carrying a false passport, Uruguayan police chief Mario Layera told The Associated Press on Monday. The Syrian's odyssey began when he was detained as an enemy combatant with suspected ties to militants and was held for 12 years at Guantanamo, although he was never charged. Officials said Dhiab could not be returned to Syria due to the civil war there and he became one of six ex-Guantanamo prisoners resettled in Uruguay in 2014, at the invitation of then-President Jose Mujica.
Ex-gitmo Detainee Deported From Morocco, Returns To Uruguay
By LEONARDO HABERKORN, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: World
Mon, 07/24/2017 - 8:15pm
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