US Immigration officials have arrested a former Jammeh hitman, Michael Correa, reports The Foroyaa newspaper.

Mr. Correa, who fled to America after the ousting of former president Yahya Jammeh in 2017 by an Ecowas intervention force, was arrested by the US Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday.

The former officer of The Gambia Armed forces and a member of the infamous Jammeh hit squad, The Junglers, was arrested for immigration violations.

Kathryn Edwards Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Banjul on Friday told Foroyaa: “The Department of Homeland Security detained Gambian citizen Michael Correa on September 17, 2019. The U.S. Government remains in close touch with Gambian Ministry of Justice counterparts regarding the case.

“The Department of Homeland Security detained Michael Correa for immigration violations.”

According to Foroyaa she could not confirm or deny whether Correa would be extradited to The Gambia.