Jurors at the weeklong trial in Denver also found Michael Sang Correa guilty of being part of a conspiracy to commit torture against suspected opponents while serving in a military unit known as ...

Michael Sang Correa found guilty in Denver for torturing opponents of Yahya Jammeh in a failed coup attempt in Gambia nearly 20 years ago.

Michael Sang Correa, from The Gambia in West Africa, was indicted in 2020 and is the first non-United States citizen to be tried under Title 18, U.S. torture laws.

After moving to Denver, Michael Sang Correa was indicted in 2020 under a rarely used law that allows people to be tried in the U.S. judicial system for torture allegedly committed abroad. He is ...

Demba Dem is photographed outside Denver federal court in Denver, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, after he testifying in the trial of Michael Sang Correa. Credit: AP/Colleen Slevin ...

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 ...

Jurors at the weeklong trial in Denver also found Michael Sang Correa guilty of being part of a conspiracy to commit torture against suspected opponents while serving in a military unit known as ...

Sanyang, a former military officer in Gambia, took the stand in federal court in Denver against one of the former soldiers he said beat him — Michael Sang Correa. Correa is on trial after being ...

Michael Sang Correa was charged with torturing five men believed to be opponents of Yahya Jammeh following an unsuccessful plot to remove him from power in 2006.

Jurors at the weeklong trial in Denver also found Michael Sang Correa guilty of being part of a conspiracy to commit torture against suspected opponents while serving in a military unit known as ...

J. Bishop Grewell, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, speaks to the media following the torture conviction of former Gambian military member Michael Sang Correa in federal court in ...