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EXCLUSIVE: ICE may have secretly done more third-country removals than previously known Flight data from private jets contracted by ICE show a spike in activity to 13 countries targeted for third-country removals. 👀I've been working on this for two months. hardghistory.ghost.io/exclusive-ic...

And 3) Aircraft Transport Service began using ICE Air's callsign, TYSON, announcing to the world what it had previously kept under the radar: that it is a primary contractor for ICE's "special high-risk" removals on private jets. It operated two flights from Mesa, AZ, to Nouakchott, Mauritania.

I've gone through all of the ATS fleet's flight data for the calendar year. First, I spotted the flight most likely to have carried Omar Abdulsattar across the Atlantic as he was being removed to Rwanda, first reported by @marisakabas.bsky.social.

Second, there was a big surge in ATS's ICE flights from the same time last year, nearly double. And there's a lot of overlap between countries ATS landed in and the list of countries NYT reported as Trump's third-country removal targets. hardghistory.ghost.io/exclusive-ic...