Immigration agents arrest 50 suspected human-rights violators

By Nicole Duran

Published August 17, 2015 7:17pm ET

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Immigration agents arrest 50 suspected human-rights violators — All 50 had outstanding removal orders and are subject to repatriation to their countries of origin, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Getty Images file) | John Moore

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 50 international human-rights violators as part of a three-day operation called No Safe Haven II.

The foreign nationals are suspected of everything from torture to ethnic cleansing. The arrests, announced Friday, were a follow-up to last September’s No Safe Haven operation, which aimed to locate suspected human-rights violators living in the U.S. and return them to their home countries.

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