Overview

• Michael Sang Correa, a Gambian ex-soldier, was convicted in a U.S. federal court on torture charges for crimes committed in 2006 following a failed coup against then-President Yahya Jammeh.
• Correa was part of the 'Junglers,' a military unit reporting directly to Jammeh, and was found guilty of torturing five victims and conspiring to commit torture.
• The trial revealed graphic accounts of torture, including electrocution, beatings, burning, and suffocation, with victims providing detailed testimony of their ordeals.
• This marks the first U.S. federal conviction of a non-citizen for torture under a law allowing prosecution for crimes committed abroad.
• The case involved extensive cooperation between U.S. agencies, including ICE, the FBI, and international partners in Senegal and The Gambia.