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Nigerian extradited in sextortion case leading to teen’s death Original

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By Debbie Skipper, Mina Corpuz Verified, Peyton Taylor
| DeSoto County News
By Debbie Skipper and Mina Corpuz | Originally published by Mississippi Today A Nigerian man will face federal prosecution for sextortion of a Mississippi teenager, leading to the 16-year-old’s death by suicide. On Friday, Adebola Festus Adekunle, 26, of Lagos, Nigeria, appeared in federal court in Oxford. He is charged with a number of crimes, including the sexual exploitation that resulted in the death of Walker Montgomery of Starkville and production of child sexual abuse material.
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ICE detains Coast immigrant working to gain green card

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By Mina Corpuz Verified
| News from the States
Ever since Catherine Cool and Heriberto Reyes-Ochoas married over a decade ago, she has worried about immigration officials detaining her husband. Each time Reyes, nicknamed Eddie, drove from their home in Hancock County to work at a marine construction company in Slidell, Louisiana, she felt anxious that he wouldn’t make it back home. That fear struck last week when Reyes got into a fender bender about 10 minutes from home in Kiln.
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ICE detainee fights deportation to be with medically fragile infant son

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By Mina Corpuz Verified
| Mississippi Today Verified
Yulia Gómez held her infant son during a doctor’s appointment in Alabama as part of his care for health complications he’s faced since birth. Until a month ago, her husband Olinder Calderon was by her side to translate and help her understand their child’s care. But on this day, Gómez was by herself because Calderon is hundreds of miles away in a Mississippi immigration detention center facing deportation to Guatemala, a country he left nearly 20 years ago.
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