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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Brown

What to know about a kidnapping case involving a child flown back to the US from Cuba

Kidnapping Arrest Cuba - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A couple from Utah face parental kidnapping charges after federal authorities said they took a 10-year-old child to Cuba in the midst of a complicated custody fight involving the child's gender identity.

The child was returned to their biological mother this week when President Donald Trump’s administration took the unusual step of sending a government plane to Cuba to retrieve the child. Federal officials cited concerns that the child had been taken to Havana for gender transition surgery.

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