Embassy Employee Sentenced to Life for Heinous Crimes Against Vulnerable Children Abroad
A Maryland man employed by the U.S. Embassy in Burkina Faso received a life sentence after being convicted of sexually assaulting two minor girls living in poverty—highlighting urgent failures in protecting American diplomatic personnel and vulnerable communities overseas.
When Americans think of diplomatic service, they envision honorable representatives advancing our nation's interests and values abroad. Yet, the recent conviction of Fode Sitafa Mara, a Maryland man who served at the U.S. Embassy in Burkina Faso, shatters that ideal with disturbing evidence of betrayal and abuse. Mara was sentenced to life imprisonment after a federal jury found him guilty of multiple counts of aggravated sexual abuse against two teenage girls who lived just steps away from his embassy-leased residence. These were not mere allegations; prosecutors revealed how Mara exploited extreme poverty and desperation — even using one girl’s mother’s...
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