JUST IN: The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” and was freed by Rwanda last week from a terrorism sentence returned Wednesday to the United States, where he will be reunited with his family in San Antonio.
FILE - Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film"Hotel Rwanda" and is credited with saving more than 1,000 people by sheltering them at the hotel he managed during the genocide, attends a court hearing in Kigali, Rwanda, Friday Feb. 26, 2021. Rwanda's government has commuted the sentence of Paul Rusesabagina was convicted of terrorism offenses years later in a widely criticized trial.
Rusesabagina's plane touched down in Houston Wednesday afternoon and he will travel next to a military hospital in San Antonio, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss Rusesabagina disappeared in 2020 during a visit to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and appeared days later in Rwanda in handcuffs. His family alleged he was kidnapped and taken to Rwanda against his will to stand trial.on eight charges including membership in a terrorist group, murder and abduction following the widely criticized trial.
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