Former Army sergeant breaks bad as cartel muscle?

CNN:
A former Army sergeant is under arrest in a federal sting operation that focused on a team he allegedly supervised in international drug trafficking and planned killings, according to the U.S. attorney in Manhattan.

Joseph Hunter, 48, led a "security team" of former soldiers from around the world to assist Colombian narcotic traffickers, federal authorities allege.

Hunter, along with Timothy Vamvakias, 42, an American who also served in the U.S. Army; Dennis Gogel, 27, a German national who served in the German armed forces; and two other men acted as the security team that surveyed the transportation of what they believed to be illegal drugs. The men acted as "contract killers" who planned to eliminate anyone who threatened the drug trade -- including law enforcement agents, a press release from the U.S. attorney's office said.

Between 2012 and 2013, according to a federal indictment, Hunter recruited a team of four individuals to assist the "drug traffickers" he met, and provided their resumes to undercover agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Hunter told his men that they could expect to see "tons of cocaine and millions of dollars," according to the indictment.

The indictment detailed one scenario in Thailand, in which the team provided "counter-surveillance" to make sure Thai officials did not know about boats that were being loaded with what team members believed to be cocaine. Similar tactics took place at drug-trafficking "logistics" meetings in Mauritius and plane-loading of "cocaine" in the Bahamas, the indictment said.
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That is not the post Army career path most troops follow.  It appears that he went to great lengths to prove his dedication to the operations.  He did get to see some nice places.  If the charges against him are proved in court his immediate future will be in a less attractive environment.

The Daily Mail has more on the guy.

Ex-Army sniper nicknamed 'Rambo' turned 'international hitman for drug cartels' is extradited from Thailand and charged in plot to kill DEA agent

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