A convicted coup leader from the West African nation of Burkina Faso has been deported from the United States after ICE agents arrested him in Cincinnati.
ICE said in a press release Daouda Begnon II Kone was deported on Aug. 5 after an immigration judge’s final order of removal.
During immigration proceedings, the court found Kone ineligible for immigration benefits, noting he participated in the persecution of others during a September 2015 failed coup d’état in Burkina Faso while a member of the Presidential Security Regiment for former President Blaise Compaore…