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Japan Asks U.S. to Extradite Ex-Green Beret Over Ghosn Escape

Carlos Ghosn speaks in Beirut, Lebanon in Jan., following his escape from Japan.
Photographer: Hasan Shaaban/Bloomberg

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By Tsuyoshi Inajima and Shiho Takezawa

July 3, 2020 at 5:48 AM UTC

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Japan officially asked the U.S. to hand over a one-time U.S. Army Special Forces member and his son for helping former Nissan Motor Co. leader Carlos Ghosn escape from Japan.

Tokyo prosecutors requested the extradition of Michael L. Taylor and his son Peter Maxwell Taylor, based on a U.S.-Japan treaty, according to a statement released by the prosecutors’ office on Friday.