A US deportation plane headed to Liberia first. Several individuals declined to step off. They stayed on board. The plane left for Equatorial Guinea on Monday, August 24, 2026. Journalists monitored the path. CNN, AP News, the Toronto Star, KCRA, and the Temple Daily Telegram reported the event.
Liberia earlier agreed to receive 1,200 deportees from the US. Some people said no. They did not want to settle in Liberia. They refused to move. Officials then sent the flight to Equatorial Guinea instead.