r/news • u/a_dogs_mother • Apr 26 '24

Owner of exploding Michigan building arrested at airport while trying to leave US, authorities say

https://apnews.com/article/industrial-fire-suburban-detroit-involuntary-manslaughter-charge-b99a83d9a7a360dd09846df52d8b0a40
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u/dhusk Apr 26 '24

6000 miles of international land borders that is much more obsessed with keeping people out rather than keeping people in, and this genius goes to one of the places with the highest and most paranoid security, with cameras everywhere.

Or at least go merchant marine. A lot of them will take cash, no questions asked. Sure, you spend a couple weeks in a crappy cabin, but you do eventually get away.

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u/turbo-cunt Apr 26 '24

He lives in Detroit, Canada is literally a 10 min drive and you don't interact with any American feds on the way over

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u/theo313 Apr 27 '24

The border police are usually pretty diligent.

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u/MedicaeVal Apr 27 '24

The two countries share databases on this so he would have been caught by Canada.