Ex-member of former Gambia dictator’s military unit is on trial in the US for torture

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…