The Trump administration sent a U.S. government plane directly into Cuba to recover a 10-year-old boy from Cache County, Utah, pulling him from the custody of his biological father and the father’s partner.
Rose Inessa-Ethington, also known as Eri Ethington, age 42, is the biological father who transitioned to female after the child was born. Blue Inessa-Ethington, also known as Carly Ann Crosby, age 32, is the non-biological partner with no blood ties to the child. Federal agents arrested both on international parental kidnapping charges. The boy has returned to American soil and is currently with his biological mother, LB, the ex-wife who fought the relocation.
NEW: A transgender and his partner have been arrested for kidnapping his 10-year-old son and attempting to fly him to Cuba for gender reassignment surgery.
They lied to the family about a camping trip in Canada, cut off all contact, and took the boy to Havana.
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The Deception and the Route to Havana
This case exposes a specific playbook used to weaponize custody and push chemical and surgical procedures on American children (More Info on gazetteller.com). The goal is to dismantle the natural family and erase biological sex by ensuring children become lifelong patients of a medical machine.
On March 28, Rose and Blue informed LB that they were taking the boy on a five-day camping trip to Calgary, Canada. Instead, they crossed the border and executed a complex flight path from Vancouver to Mexico City, then to Merida, and finally into Havana.
Court records indicate the pair carried notes on “gender affirming care” and planned to initiate puberty blockers and gender reassignment procedures before the child reached puberty. Having manipulated the child into identifying as a girl, they sought refuge in Cuba to bypass U.S. law and complete the transition.
Legal Battle and Exclusive Custody
LB, the biological mother, held shared custody until she recognized the immediate threat to her son. When the boy was not returned as scheduled, she took immediate action. On April 13, she secured an order from the Utah court in Logan granting her exclusive custody and demanding the child’s immediate return.
The biological father, having changed his identity after the child’s birth, believed he could override biology and parental rights to proceed with the sterilization of his son. Blue, acting as an accomplice with no legal claim to the child, assisted in draining accounts and creating a fraudulent itinerary to strike before LB could intervene.
Federal Response and Extradition
This operation targets the core of American sovereignty. While some administrative sectors moved slowly, the Trump administration prioritized the recovery. FBI agents tracked every leg of the international flight, and the administration coordinated directly with Cuban authorities to secure the boy.
He was loaded onto a government plane and brought home intact, effectively ending the use of shared custody loopholes for jurisdictional shopping. The rescue highlights a shift in policy: President Trump has established that biological reality is non-negotiable and federal power will be utilized to stop the transport of minors for these procedures.
Consequences for the Perpetrators
The recovery disrupts an industry where pharmaceutical entities profit from blockers and hormones administered to minors (More Info on gazetteller.com). While some organizations attempt to treat parental rights as obstacles, the current administration has signaled that American children come first.
Rose and Blue are currently in federal custody in Richmond, awaiting transfer to Utah to face charges. The details within the formal complaint document the following:
- The Deception: The false camping trip used as a cover.
- The Route: The multi-country flight path used to evade detection.
- The Intent: Clear plans for irreversible medical procedures.
The Failure of the Indoctrination Pipeline
The outcome of this case represents a failure of the systems built to bypass parents like LB. The Trump administration deployed significant resources and forced international cooperation to return the child to the parent who refused consent for these procedures.
LB stood firm against both her former spouse and the unrelated partner who enabled the flight. By triggering a full federal response, she successfully ended the attempt to remove the child from his biological and legal reality.
The boy remains male, remains safe, and remains with his biological mother.
