U.S. attorney pursues effort to deport Bolivian man to Congo

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: April 24, 2026

Words: 676

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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Federal prosecutors in Iowa are continuing their push to deport to the Democratic Republic of Congo a Bolivian asylum seeker who was unlawfully jailed in Muscatine County.

Court records indicate José Yugar-Cruz, 36, entered the United States from Bolivia in July 2024, fleeing what he said was torture at the hands of police officials involved in the drug trade.

After entering the United States on foot at the Arizona border, he surrendered himself to …

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