Recently, Matt Whiting posted:

Kyle Boatright wrote:

If (big, big, IF in Central/South America) the local authorities on
the destination end of the flight would jump in and grab everyone at
the delivery point, that would seem to be a more just and effective
treatment.. Of course, the local policia at the destination are
probably getting a payoff and might not be happy with anyone putting
a hurt on their pocketbook...

I agree that catching them upon landing is the preferred course of
action, but given all of the talk about the border it is pretty
obvious that they were heading to a "safe haven" country. If that
really was the case (I'm only assuming that given the context), then
I have no problem at all with the shoot-down.

I don't think that the death penalty is warranted solely on the basis of
suspicion. If this was a _known_ drug trafficing aircraft, why weren't
arrests made at the point of departure, the only place that such a fact
_could_ be known?

Neil