Trump administration flies 10-year-old back from Cuba amid custody fight President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice sent a government plane to Cuba this week to return a 10-year-old child from Utah who is at the center of a contentious custody dispute involving the child’s gender identity. The child’s parent, Rose Inessa-Ethington, a transgender woman, is accused of taking the child to Cuba without the permission of the biological mother. Federal and state authorities sought the child’s return after a family member raised concerns that Inessa-Ethington had traveled to Havana to obtain gender transition surgery for the child. The child’s biological mother, who was divorced from Inessa-Ethington and shared custody, filed a missing-person report with Logan, Utah, police on April 3 after the child was not returned as scheduled. Logan City Police Chief Jeff Simmons confirmed that the initial focus of the investigation was on custodial interference allegations, with concerns about gender-affirming surgery being raised later by a family member. The police spokesperson, Sgt. Brandon Bevan, noted that the concerns were expressed by one family member but declined to specify who. The custody dispute between the parents is not new. An online fundraiser created by Blue Inessa-Ethington, the child’s other parent, in 2021 titled “Help a Trans Mother Keep Custody of Her Child” raised $9,766. Inessa-Ethington claimed that her ex-partner had relocated several counties away, negatively impacting her parent-time with the child. She stated the funds would be used to secure a court order ensuring the child’s safety and stability.#trump_administration #cuba #rose_inessaethington #blue_inessaethington #fbi_special_agent_jennifer_waterfield
