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Seems we traded a guy framed for running drugs for a marine who got into a bar brawl in a Russia-US prisoner exchange

submitted by RobertJHarsh to Newsofthestupid 3 yearsApr 27, 2022 18:06:55 ago (+3/-0)     (Newsofthestupid)

Not sure why this is even news. Trever Reed appears to have got drunk and fought the cops but all of the sudden the FSB trumped up charges for...reasons. Konstantin Yaroshenko claimed he was framed in Libya for running drugs. Turns out he didn't run anything but that didn't stop the US from dragging him here and slapping him with a 20 year sentence for the intending to run drugs but had no intention of running any actual drugs because....reasons?

This all seems way too fucked up and just filler.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/russia-us-marine-swap-who-b2066961.html


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Even worse than that - 'He was reportedly told when he was hired that some of the drugs were bound for the US, with the rest headed for Africa or Europe. This smuggling operation was part of an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration operation.'
So the DEA 'told him some of the drugs would go to the US' and then charged him with it. Fck this world ...