• blahsay@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    This is a common hustle. They will try to extort money or will drop a round in your baggage.

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      6 months ago

      Four of the detained Americans have admitted they brought the ammunition — but by mistake.

      It appears this isn’t the case.

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        I wouldn’t trust them if they had a signed video confession. These places operate a certain way and Americans are great for leverage at various levels of government.