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U.S. Federal Court finds Correa guilty of all 5 counts

Apr 16, 2025, 11:22 AM

A U.S. Federal Court in Denver, Colorado, yesterday found Michael Sang Correa guilty of all five counts pressed against him as member of Yahya Jammeh hit-squad (junglers).
Correa initially faced six counts of torture including conspiracy to commit torture but the Assistant State Prosecutor Melissa Hindman, applied to dismiss count 5 against him due to the failure of Bunja Darbeo, a key witness who was unable to travel to the United States to testify.

Count 5 indictment saw Correa of conspiring to commit torture, and was dropped after the prosecution raised the absence of witness Darboe.

He is also the only the third person—and first foreign national – to be prosecuted by the U.S. for torture committed abroad.

But, according to the prosecutor’s application, the witness is serving a member of the Gambia Armed Forces, and he is currently on deployment – which the defence team did not object. Therefore, the federal judge Christine M. Arguello dismissed the count. 5. He is expected to be sentenced soon.

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