MONROVIA, Aug. 19 -- Former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor says she has been told she is under arrest, according to a message she sent as the situation continued to develop Wednesday.

"They have just said I am under arrest," Taylor said in the message. This claim has not yet been independently confirmed by police or judicial officials, and this remains a developing story.

The claim comes hours after Taylor was stopped en route to Roberts International Airport, where she had been due to fly to Accra, Ghana, for a women's program. In an earlier statement, Taylor said:

Taylor said the travel restriction came on the order of the Inspector General, though authorities had not, at that stage, given her a reason.

She later appeared at Lib...