Minyvonne Burke is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News.
U.S. lawmakers traveled to Turks and Caicos to push for the return of five American citizens detained on ammunition possession charges, but failed to facilitate their release. The Americans were arrested in the last five months under a strict law in Turks and Caicos that prohibits possession of firearms or ammunition and carries a mandatory 12-year sentence.
'There was no way possible that I could see it because it’s a flap in the bottom. They took the bottom of the flap out the bag. That’s where the two rounds was in the bottom of that flap. So, it’s no way that I would of knew or seen them in there.' The U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas had warned travelers in September that authorities in Turks and Caicos strictly enforce laws related to firearms and ammunition.
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