USA has a history of paying bounties for humans they wish to detain. Will RW pay for undocumented?
During the recent wars many of the prisoners America detained were bought for cash from their neighbors and countrymen.
"""" from an article about our 'bounty program.
One of the more extreme reports of a bounty pursuit came from Brahim Benchekroune, a Moroccan national who was arrested and detained in Pakistan before being sold to the U.S. and eventually transferred to Guantanamo. While describing his detention experience to a Moroccan newspaper, Brahim Benchekroune mentioned that the Pakistanis were so eager to collect on cash bounties that they sold prisoners who were being held on offenses unrelated to terrorism. One example Benchekroune gave was Karama Khamis Khamisain, his cellmate, who was being held on suspicion of drug charges.[10] According to Brahim Benchekroune, the Pakistanis went as far as to prohibit Khamisain from being able to shave, giving him only oil for his beard and kohl to use on his eyes and directing Khamisain to learn to say his prayers and perform religious ablutions so he would look and act more like a Taliban fighter. The Pakistani prison forced Khamisain to do this so it could pass him off as a terrorist suspect and collect another bounty.[11] Brahim Benchekroune also stated that the sales would take place when U.S. representatives with black suitcases full of money would go to the prisons and openly bargain for prisoners. Benchekroune also recalls hearing the applause when the U.S. representatives and Pakistani prison officials came to an agreement of $5,000 per head.[12]
The Khamisain example illustrates the extreme lengths the Pakistani government was willing to go to for a cash reward and the impact the financial incentive had on the region. Like the bounty hunters, the Pakistani prison apparently abused the bounty program and took advantage of the situation to capitalize financially. The U.S. troops were under pressure to produce results and were reluctant to believe that the Pakistani government was intentionally turning over innocent detainees.[13]
As mentioned earlier, the attraction of the bounty program was not reserved solely for bounty hunters or governments. Personal enemies, tribal rivals, neighbors, co-workers and even friends have been referenced as common sources that provided false information and accusations to U.S. forces in pursuit of a cash bounty. These false accusations may have led to the wrongful detention of innocent individuals.[14] By posting flyers, the U.S. made a point of encouraging local citizens to take part and offer up any information they had. Omran Belhadi, the writer of Justice Pakistan Project’s extensive report on Bagram detainees, offered an example of one such flyer, which read:
“Get wealth and power beyond your dreams…. You can receive millions of dollars helping the anti-Taliban forces catch al-Qa’ida and Taliban murderers. This is enough money to take care of your family, your village, your tribe for the rest of your life. Pay for livestock and doctors and school books and housing for all your people.”[15]
For some Pakistani men who may only make 14,000 Pakistani rupees ($140) per month, the opportunity to collect $3,000 – $5,000 for a bounty was considerably enticing.[16] The U.S. bounty program’s cash incentive has been an effective motivating factor to the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan; unfortunately it has also encouraged the unlawful arrest and abduction of innocent individuals."""
http://www.detainedbyus.org/the-lucrative-bounty-program/
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