U.S. Coast Guard operating secret floating prisons in Pacific Ocean

“Coast Guard officials say they can do this because the drug smugglers aren’t under arrest until they reach U.S. shores, but some of the worst cases are drawing criticism even from Coast Guard officials.  Many families, in fact, believe that their loved ones — husbands, fathers, sons — had disappeared.”

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