The son of former Liberian warlord, Charles Taylor, was arrested in Miami earlier. He was charged with passport fraud. He also goes by the name Charles McArthur Emmanuel.
Charles "Chuckie" Taylor Jr. was arrested at Miami International Airport on Thursday night after flying in from Trinidad, and was accused of lying about his father's identity in a U.S. passport application.
Emmanuel, 29, who was in charge of presidential security when his father ran Liberia, made an initial appearance in a Miami magistrates court on Friday, said Barbara Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miami.
Looks like son will be meeting up with Daddy in court soon?
The U.S. criminal complaint against his son, Emmanuel, a U.S. citizen because he was born in the United States, said he did not identify Taylor as his father when he sought a new U.S. passport at the U.S. consulate in Trinidad and Tobago's capital, Port of Spain, this month.
The complaint says Emmanuel's mother, Bernice Yolanda Emmanuel, had told investigators that he joined his father in Western Africa before 1997 and lived in Liberia during Taylor's presidency up to 2003.
"According to her, Taylor appointed Emmanuel the head of Liberia's Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATU)," it said, adding that the ATU was in charge of Taylor's personal security.
Emmanuel is also included on a U.N. list of people banned from traveling to Liberia, but is listed under his other name, Charles "Chuckie" Taylor Jr., according to the complaint.
He is expected to make another court appearance next week.
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