On 15 April 2025, a Denver jury found Michael Sang Correa guilty of five counts of torture and one count of conspiracy to commit torture. This verdict marks the first time a U.S. jury has ever held a non-U.S. citizen criminally responsible for torture committed outside of the United States.

 

Image: Witnesses in the trial of Michael Correa and their legal representatives in front of the Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse in Denver, after the announcement of the decision of the jury on 15 April 2025 (photo: TRIAL International)