ERO Washington, D.C. removes high-ranking Somali national convicted of human rights violations - The Iowa Standard

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ERO Washington, D.C. removes high-ranking Somali national convicted of human rights violations - The Iowa Standard

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Washington, D.C., removed Yusuf Abdi Ali, 71, a citizen of Somalia, from the United States to Somalia Dec. 20. Ali, aka “Tukeh,” had been residing in Springfield, Virginia, and served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Somali National Army and Commander of the Fifth Brigade in Northwest Somalia from approximately May 1987 to July 1988. The Somali National Army committed nu…