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http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/06/taylor.son.ap/MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor was indicted Wednesday on U.S. charges of committing torture as chief of a paramilitary unit during his father's regime.
The indictment marks the first time a 12-year-old federal anti-torture law has ever been used, U.S. officials said.
Charles McArthur Emmanuel, also known as Chuckie Taylor Jr., was charged with committing torture overseas as a U.S. citizen as well as conspiracy.
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The indictment said that in 2002, a man was abducted from his home, and Emmanuel and others burned him with an iron, forced him at gunpoint to hold scalding water, applied electric shocks to his genitals and other body parts and rubbed salt in this wounds.
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Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Julie Myers, who leads U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the son's indictment sends a message that the United States is not a sanctuary for human rights violators.
"We must never deny safe haven to those with a genuine and legitimate fear of persecution. But we must also ensure that those who come here seeking freedom and rule of law do not have to fear that their oppressor may be come their neighbor," Myers said.
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