Ghosn’s Accused Accomplices Held as Japan Seeks Extradition
- Americans allegedly helped get ex-Nissan chief out of Japan
- One suspect arrested just before planned flight to Beirut
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A former Green Beret and his son are being held in Massachusetts for possible extradition to Tokyo, injecting the U.S. into a case pitting Japan’s government against its most famous fugitive -- the outspoken former chair of one of its biggest automakers.
Sitting side by side in orange prisoner jumpsuits, Michael L. Taylor and his son, Peter Maxwell Taylor, appeared by video Wednesday afternoon for the first hearing in the process that could lead to their prosecution in Japan on charges they helped former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn escape that same fate.