Exclusive: US returning Caribbean strike survivors to Colombia and Ecuador, Trump says
The Americas,Colombia,Ecuador,Caribbean,Donald Trump,Defense And Security,Drug Cartels
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The United States is sending the two survivors of a Thursday strike in the Caribbean to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador to be detained and prosecuted, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday.
The move, which was first reported by Reuters, means that the U.S. military will not have to grapple with thorny legal issues surrounding military detention for suspected drug traffickers, whose alleged crimes do not fall neatly under the laws of war, legal experts say.
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