An immigrant from Uzbekistan who was helped to relocate to Colorado by the United States and the United Nations is now facing a terrorism charge

Jamshid Muhtorov, fled his country at night disguised as a woman ion 2007, and settled with his family in Aurora, a Denver suburb. The 35-year-old had opposed Uzbekistan's dictator following a 2005 massacre, endured severe beatings during a brutal detention, and saw his sister arrested on a false murder charge. But he's now accused of providing material support and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic Jihad Union. The violent group opposes the Uzbek government and has been designated a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department. Authorities arrested Muhtorov in Chicago on January 21, 2012. Federal authorities say that the Islamic Jihad Union has claimed responsibility for attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan, including a March 2008 suicide attack on a U.S. base. The group is also blamed for carrying out simultaneous suicide bombings of the U.S. and Israeli embassies and a prosecutor's office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.