12 Gitmo Detainees Go Home

Twelve detainees at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were sent home, according to officials at the U.S. Department of Justice.

 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Twelve detainees at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were sent home, according to officials at the U.S. Department of Justice.

The transfer included six Yemenis, four Afghans and two Somalis, the press statement said.

“Consultations with foreign authorities regarding these individuals will continue,” it said.

The total number of detainees is now below 200.

However, the rest of the inmates are to move to a maximum-security prison in Illinois.

Yemen’s embassy in Washington praised the release of its countrymen and the coming closure of the U.S. detention center in Cuba.

Roughly 100 of the remaining inmates are from Yemen, which has vowed to keep diplomatic ties with the United States.