Eswatini government says it has repatriated US deportee to Jamaica

Orville Isaac Etoria had been held in prison in the southern African state after Trump's government expelled him.

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Orville Isaac Etoria, 62, was voluntarily repatriated at the weekend, and was "warmly welcomed by members of his family", it added.

But his treatment has been condemned by the Legal Aid Society of New York, which says Etoria came to the US as a child and had lawful permanent resident status there for decades.

Etoria and four other individuals - from Cuba, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen - were described by the US government as "depraved monsters" when they were expelled to Eswatini in southern Africa in July.

Since then, they have been held in solitary confinement in a maximum security prison in the capital city Mbabane.