ICE deports Quiroz Zapata to Congo two days after the DRC formally refused to accept her

Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata on a removal flight to the Democratic Republic of Congo two days after Congolese authorities had formally refused to accept her. Quiroz Zapata, who entered the US in August 2024 and was detained by ICE, had both a court-issued withholding of removal order for Colombia and the DRC formal medical refusal. She remained stranded in the DRC, where she lacked access to her diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hypothyroidism medications.