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DOJ Plane Retrieves Cuban Child; Parents Charged with Kidnapping

4/24/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration sent a DOJ aircraft to retrieve a 10-year-old from Cuba.
Rose Inessa-Ethington and Blue Inessa-Ethington were arrested and face international parental kidnapping charges after returning to Utah.
Logan City Police filed a missing-person report when the child was not returned as scheduled on April 13.
A federal magistrate issued an arrest warrant on April 16 after Cuban authorities deported the adults from the plane.

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Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration sent a DOJ aircraft to retrieve a 10-year-old from Cuba.
Rose Inessa-Ethington and Blue Inessa-Ethington were arrested and face international parental kidnapping charges after returning to Utah.
Logan City Police filed a missing-person report when the child was not returned as scheduled on April 13.
A federal magistrate issued an arrest warrant on April 16 after Cuban authorities deported the adults from the plane.