Rescued Americans speak to Trump’s efforts in returning them home safely
Bryan Nerren spent seven months detained in an Indian prison, unsure if or when he would see his family again.
“The experience was horrific, very difficult,” said Nerren. “I was put in a cage, treated like the worst criminal in India.”
For 18 years, the small-town pastor from Shelbyville, Tenn., traveled to India and Nepal to spread the Gospel, cultivating a network of Christian communities across Southeast Asia. In 2019, he had amassed $40,000 for educational aid and anti-poverty efforts in Nepal. After a series of stops in India, government agents detained the pastor and his associates. They faced an eight-hour interrogation of “TV-horror quality” that focused on their faith. After lengthy negotiations, Nerren’s associates were released, but the pastor faced a seven-year prison sentence for smuggling and conversionism.
Then the White House stepped in. A full-court press from President Donald Trump and National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien secured Nerren’s freedom after negotiating with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. Nerren returned home to his family in May.
“I am clear, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that had Donald Trump not been the president, I’d still be in India,” Nerren told the Washington Free Beacon.
The Trump administration has brought home dozens of Americans trapped overseas. The pace has accelerated since August when the White House announced that at least 50 hostages had been rescued from 22 countries. Since then, even more Americans have returned safely from hostile foreign captivity in Belarus, Yemen, and Nigeria, among other countries.
To the families of anyone who is a hostage when Harris/Biden take over: You will likely never see you relative ever again.
Come on Man!
Indians don’t have prisons
I’ve been to all the Western states and have never seen a single one!