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Former American diplomat sentenced to life in prison for abusing two minors

2026-02-27 16:39:16Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Former American diplomat sentenced to life in prison for abusing two minors

A United States official has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of sexually abusing two teenage girls while working at the American embassy in Burkina Faso.

The U.S. Department of Justice said 41-year-old Fode Sitafa Mara was sentenced Wednesday after a two-week trial in the state's Federal District Court.

A jury found him guilty of four counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a minor, as well as attempted coercion and enticement of a minor and attempted obstruction of justice.

Prosecutors said the crimes occurred in 2022 and 2023 in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, where Mara was employed by the United States embassy.

According to evidence presented in court, the abuse occurred in a residence rented to U.S. diplomatic personnel. Since the property was reserved for official use, it fell under U.S. jurisdiction, allowing U.S. authorities to prosecute the case.

Reports say the two victims, who were 13 and 15 years old when the abuse began, were sexually abused by Mara over a period of about a year, prosecutors said.

He used the girls' mother's life-threatening illness as an opportunity to ask for sexual favors, telling them he could not help them without getting something in return.

Mara had provided the girls with phones so he could call them while his wife was at work. He was also convicted of sending sexually explicit messages to one of the girls and of trying to convince a house cleaner to deceive investigators.


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