Overview
- U.S. authorities used a government plane to reach Havana and return a 10-year-old Utah child in a case under federal investigation.
- Cuban police worked with U.S. agents to locate the group and transfer custody, in a step experts say is rare for family disputes.
- Rose Inessa-Ethington and Blue Inessa-Ethington were detained and now face federal charges of international parental kidnapping.
- FBI affidavits allege the pair sought gender-affirming surgery for the child, which Cuba bars for minors through its public health system.
- Court filings say the trip was masked as a camping plan in Canada and instead routed through Mexico with about $10,000 in cash.