Emptying the Aperture trash

I had a project with photos referenced from an external drive, in a single folder on that drive.
I 'deleted' them (moved them to the Aperture Trash).
I selected 'empty Aperture trash' and told it to put the referenced files in the system trash.
It removed them from the Aperture trash, but nothing was changed in the folder the photos were actually in on the external drive.
Shouldn't those have been moved to the trash?

Hi Theseus
Shouldn't those have been moved to the trash?
Yes, they should have - and normally, they would be.
Tell us more about your external drive... For example, when you select the drive in the Finder and use +File > Get Info+, what 'Format' is described? My preference would be to hear that you've got it formatted as 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' (aka HFS+). However, I'm wondering if it might be DOS formatted - 'MS-DOS (FAT16)'.
If it is Mac-formatted, is the +Ignore ownership on this volume+ check-box at the bottom of the window ticked or not?
Or... Is the drive physically connected to your Mac or are you accessing it across a network?
Presumably, it's not the obvious - that the individual files are Locked...
Regards,
Gary

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