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Tim Kaine: “The US picked them up and returned them to their countries…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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In one instance, there were two survivors, one Colombian, one Ecuadorian. In a different strike, instead of arresting them and prosecuting them, The US picked them up and returned them to their countries of origin where they were released. So if they were narco traffickers, why would we do that? We need more evidence about that and we definitely need the administration to finally answer the question of why strike rather than interdict. (02:40–02:46)

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Asserts that the US returned alleged narco traffickers to their home countries where they were released.

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