Anessa Ethington

Authorities charged 42-year-old Anessa Ethington, who goes by Rose, and 32-year-old Blue Anessa Ethington with international parental kidnapping after the gender-confused boy was taken to Cuba.

The child, a boy who identifies as a girl, split time with his divorced parents, who share custody in Cache County, Utah.

The boy was supposed to go on a camping trip to Canada with his father, a man who identifies as a woman, and his partner Blue, but instead ended up in Cuba, according to court documents.

Family members told authorities they feared the boy was, quote, transported to Cuba for gender reassignment surgery prior to puberty.

The two kidnappers were deported from Cuba on Monday and the child was returned home safe to Utah.

FBI Director Kash Patel exclusively telling the Daily Wire that, quote, we are proud of our agents, intel analysis, and partners who acted quickly and saved a young child from what could have been a horrific kidnapping.

Let it be a message to any criminal actor who would try the same.

This FBI will find you no matter where you try to hide.