A son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor has been charged with passport fraud and is in U.S. custody, a spokeswoman for the U.S. immigration service said on Saturday, according to Reuters. Charles McArthur Emmanuel, also known as 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. His next court appearance is Wednesday. Charles Taylor was captured last Tuesday near the border with Cameroon as he tried to flee Nigeria, where he had been living in exile. He was flown in handcuffs to Sierra Leone. He was flown in handcuffs to Sierra Leone where he faces 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity before a U.N.-backed Special Court for violations that occurred during the country's 1991-2002 civil war.
