The documents obtained by NYT include confidential #State Department correspondence & a funding memo, which connects the money transfer [ #bribe] to the #Cameroon #deportation arrangement. The files, coupled with confirmation from officials, reveal how the #US government used financial pressure [ #extortion] & political incentives to secure a deal that the deportees’ lawyer compared to “selling people.” [ #slavery]

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