Opening statements are expected Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of torturing political opponents of Gambia's former military dictator Yahya Jammeh nearly 20 years ago, the latest international trial tied to his regime.
Federal prosecutors invoked a rarely used law that allows people to be tried in the U.S. judicial system for torture allegedly committed abroad.
Michael Sang Correa, a citizen of Gambia, was indicted in 2020 while living in the United States. He is charged with being part of a conspiracy to mentally and physically torture people suspected of involvement in a failed 2006 coup in Gambia.
