Two high-profile ISIS fighters in US detention overseas are expected to be transferred to the US in the coming days, a federal official says.
Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, dubbed"the Beatles" because of their British accents, were part of an ISIS execution cell that have been accused by the State Department of"holding captive and beheading approximately two dozen hostages," including American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and American aid workers Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller.
In August, Attorney General William Barr informed the UK that the US would not seek the death penalty for the two in an effort to convince Britain to provide critical evidence that can be used to prosecute the operatives in US courts. Diane Foley told CNN at the time that the families were"unanimous" on the issue of dropping the death sentence in order to obtain the UK evidence and seek a stronger US trial.In September, the UK high court ruled that evidence could be shared with the US.
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