A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where human rights officials say torture and abuse took place has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of immigration fraud. Court documents show that Samir Ousman al-Sheikh was arrested last week at Los Angeles International Airport. The 72-year-old was charged with immigration fraud, specifically that he denied in his U.S. visa and citizenship applications that he had ever ordered any political killings or carried out abuse in Syria. He was in charge of Syria’s infamous Adra prison from 2005 to 2008.
