Laotian man deported by US to South Sudan leaves for Laos after year in detention
- JUBA, South Sudan -- A Laotian man deported by the United States to South Sudan left for Laos on Thursday after spending more than a year in detention in Africa, an ordeal his attorney said could have been avoided.
- Thongxay Nilakout, 49, had been willing to return to Laos before the U.
- deported him to South Sudan, attorney Tin Nguyen said.
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- JUBA, South Sudan -- A Laotian man deported by the United States to South Sudan left for Laos on Thursday after spending more than a year in detention in Africa, an ordeal his attorney said could have been avoided.
- Thongxay Nilakout, 49, had been willing to return to Laos before the U.
- deported him to South Sudan, attorney Tin Nguyen said.
Sources: ABC News