A US deportation plane flew to Liberia initially. A group of deportees declined to step off. They remained on board. The plane set off for Equatorial Guinea on Monday, August 24, 2026. Journalists tracked the path. CNN, AP News, the Toronto Star, KCRA, and the Temple Daily Telegram reported the event.
Liberia previously agreed to receive 1,200 deportees from the US. Some people said no. They did not want to live in Liberia. They refused to move. Officials then sent the flight to Equatorial Guinea instead.