Nigeria, Aug. 24 -- A U.S. federal court has sentenced a former Gambian army captain from the regime of dictator Yahya Jammeh to more than 67 years in prison. Michael Sang Correa, first held on immigration charges, is the first non-American prosecuted under the U.S. Torture Act Charles McArthur Emmanuel Taylor, commonly known as "Chuckie Taylor," was the first person prosecuted with the law.

A U.S. federal court Friday sentenced a former member of The Gambia's feared paramilitary unit to more than 67 years in prison for acts of torture carried out under the dictatorship of Yahya Jammeh.

Michael Sang Correa, 46, was sentenced by Senior Judge Christine M. Arguello of the District of Colorado after jurors unanimously found him guilty in Ap...