Yeah, not to pick up a Dem bad habit or anything but the remarkable *lack* of reporting of this other than that NYT article I find....well, remarkable.
These folks were caught, perhaps tortured, but definitely killed within a very short period. Umm, the Chinese don’t seem to be all that interested in trading them to us for their spies we may have captured.
You are right. One should not jump to conclusions, but the timing and the lack of reporting are two things to make one go hmmmm.....