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But in transferring him to Ecuadorian custody, 3 officials said, #US forces didn’t provide any #evidence that could be used to detain him — no seized drugs, no phone or GPS records, no videos, none of the “intelligence” that led them to target his vessel.
On landing in Quito, US officials told the Ecuadorians that the transfer was a “humanitarian” repatriation, Ortega said.
Within hours, Tufiño was let go.
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The #US sank the alleged narco-terrorists’ boat — & let them go
In blowing up the vessel, destroying #evidence & repatriating the survivors, the US cut short a process that’s helped bring down traffickers.
Quito, #Ecuador — The police arrived at the airport prepared to arrest a drug trafficker — a mariner whose crewmates the US #military had just killed.
#law #Trump #idiocracy #KeystoneKops
https://wapo.st/4qq5ymS
…A WaPo investigation into the Oct 16 strike reveals a gap between the admin’s tough-on-trafficking rhetoric & its actions on the high seas. #Trump has declared a “non-international armed conflict” on drug cartels. The #WhiteHouse & the #Pentagon have likened traffickers to members of al-Qaeda & the Islamic State — terrorists who wield drugs as weapons to kill Americans.
Tufiño was already a known trafficker: He had pleaded guilty in #US federal court to cocaine distribution conspiracy in 2021 & served >3 years in a US prison before he was deported home to #Ecuador last year. Now the US #military had picked him up amid the wreckage of a semisubmersible vessel — a “narco sub.”
In his gang-controlled hometown, Tufiño was known as Fresco Solo, a skilled navigator they alleged was recruited by criminals to smuggle drugs north.
But in transferring him to Ecuadorian custody, 3 officials said, #US forces didn’t provide any #evidence that could be used to detain him — no seized drugs, no phone or GPS records, no videos, none of the “intelligence” that led them to target his vessel.
On landing in Quito, US officials told the Ecuadorians that the transfer was a “humanitarian” repatriation, Ortega said.
Within hours, Tufiño was let go.
The #US sank the alleged narco-terrorists’ boat — & let them go
In blowing up the vessel, destroying #evidence & repatriating the survivors, the US cut short a process that’s helped bring down traffickers.
Quito, #Ecuador — The police arrived at the airport prepared to arrest a drug trafficker — a mariner whose crewmates the US #military had just killed.
#law #Trump #idiocracy #KeystoneKops
https://wapo.st/4qq5ymS
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