Michael Sang Correa, who was a member of former President Yahya Jammeh’s armed unit known as ‘Jungers’
Yahaya Jammeh’s hit-man, Michael Sang, charged in US
Michael Sang Correa, who was a member of former President Yahya Jammeh’s armed unit known as ‘Jungers’ is now facing charges in the United States over his role in 2006 torture of suspected coup plotters.
President Yahya Jammeh was in power for 22 years and forcibly left the office after he lost to Adama Barrow.
Michael Sang who is living in the US state of Colorado has been charged over his alleged role in abusing suspected plotters of the failed 2006 coup in his home country against then President, Yahya Jammeh.
Michael Sang Correa, 41, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit torture and six counts of inflicting torture, according to court documents.
He was a member of an armed unit known as the “Junglers” that answered to the Gambian president. He arrived in the US in December 2016.
Local media quote US attorney Jason Dunn as saying that they are using a federal law that allows foreigners suspected of committing torture in other countries to be prosecuted in the US.