The US authorities handed over, on Friday morning, a Moroccan who was detained in the Cuba-based American naval base of Guantanamo since 2002 to the Moroccan authorities.
Said Boujaidia is now subject of a judicial probe under instructions of public prosecution.
The US administration handed the North African country nine Moroccan detainees (five in August 2004, three in February 2006 and one in October 2006).
The US authorities also transferred five Moroccans, holding double nationality, to their residence countries in Belgium, Great Britain, France and Spain.
According to the Pentagon report, issued on may 16, 2006, there were 759 detainees in Guantanamo prison, including 18 Moroccans, who are accused of belonging to Al-Qaeda and Talibans.
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