It was just discovered that U.S. officials detained two pirate negotiators after the message was sent "kill the hostages if we do not come back from negotiations". The pirates were apparently detained before the four hostages were killed, and this may have had a hand in their death. An as yet un-named U.S. government official told CNN reporters that the negotiators they detained were decided to have "no authority" and therefore were kept in custody instead of returned to the yacht. This entire proceeding goes against normal U.S. negotiating policies, and the question of why this took place and if it caused the deaths has arisen.
Claire Van der Vort
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