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Rwanda's National Public Prosecution Authority (NPPA) indicted Teganya in 2014 for alleged involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity. He was convicted in the US in 2019 for immigration fraud and perjury."},{"type":"heading","text":"Allegations of involvement in genocide"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stated that Teganya, while a medical student and intern at the University Hospital in Butare, led teams of soldiers to locate Tutsi patients hiding in the hospital. According to ICE, these patients were then taken and killed behind the maternity ward. The NPPA statement did not provide specific details of Teganya's alleged role in the genocide."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the centre or right-rated reports mentioned the specific sentence of 97 months in federal prison handed down to Teganya in the US in July 2019, as detailed in the full report from allAfrica. 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