There was a time when Colombia refused to extradite suspected drug traffickers to the U.S. These days, critics say Colombia is extraditing too many minor players in the drug trade.
So minor that some have spent just a few months in a U.S. jail before being shipped back home. That's what happened to two banana vendors caught up in a drug investigation.
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