Over Four Years, Concealing Serious Human Rights, Fraudulently Obtain Immigration Status — Former Liberian Rebel General Sentenced to Over Four Years in Prison for Concealing Serious Human Rights Violations to Fraudulently Obtain Immigration Status in the United States | United States Justice Department.
. “Human rights violators are not welcome in the United States, and the Criminal Division is committed to holding accountable those who attempt to conceal their crimes and live freely without consequence in the United States.”“The defendant was a notorious LURD commander, brutal even by the standards of the Second Liberian Civil War, and he lied about his past to build a new life in the United States,” said U.S. announcement Former Liberian Rebel General Sentenced to Over Four Years in Prison for Concealing Serious Human Rights Violations to Fraudulently Obtain Immigration
Status in the United States Thursday, September 11, 2025 Share Facebook X LinkedIn Email For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Laye Sekou Camara, 47, was sentenced today to 57 months in prison after pleading guilty to four counts of visa fraud.“The defendant, who was a member of a Liberian rebel group, engaged in the extrajudicial killing of civilians and ordered a mortar attack which struck the U.S. Embassy compound in Monrovia, Liberia, before traveling to the United States and making false statements to obtain lawful permanent residence,” said Acting Assistant Attorney
General Matthew R. . One farmer in Lofa County, Liberia, described how “K-1 and his boys surrounded the town,. “Today’s prison term holds him responsible for his immigration fraud and officially ends his efforts to avoid accountability for his horrific crimes.”According to court records, in 2010, Camara, also known as “general K-1” and “general Dragon Master,” entered the United States pursuant to an immigrant visa and later obtained Lawful Permanent Resident status and a green card by falsely saying on immigration forms that he had never participated in extrajudicial killings or other acts of violence; had