Mr. Elgabrowny was also charged with holding five fraudulent Nicaraguan passports for Mr. Nosair and his family.
He originally was arrested in March on charges of punching an officer and possessing five forged Nicaraguan passports for Mr. Nosair and his family.
"No doubt Nicaraguan passports will now be more secure than in the past," Foreign Minister Ernesto Leal Sanchez said in an interview.
Those fears emerged when five people linked to the World Trade Center bombing were found to be traveling on Nicaraguan passports.
They endured internment in the Warsaw ghetto, but obtained Costa Rican and Nicaraguan passports (from daughter Sonia).
They both identified themselves to the immigration officers by Nicaraguan passports.
The agents said they found five fraudulent Nicaraguan passports and birth certificates in the names of the imprisoned Mr. Nosair and his family.
As of 2006, the Nicaraguan passport, which is the model for the passports of the three other countries, is issued in Spanish, French, and English.
The Nicaraguan passport is issued to citizens of Nicaragua for international travel.
He traveled to Canada on a Nicaraguan passport and entered the United States on June 7 by car.
