Saturday, September 28, 2013

International Hitman For Drug Cartels Arrested In Thailand



Ex-Army Sniper Nicknamed 'Rambo' Who Was 'International Hitman For Drug Cartels' Is Charged In Plot To Kill DEA agent -- Daily Mail

Joseph Manuel Hunter, 48, is accused of recruiting four other former soldiers to murder a DEA agent and the agent’s informant
He was a highly decorated former sniper
Allegedly went on to a career as an international hitman

An elite Army sniper nicknamed 'Rambo' who allegedly became a contract killer for drug cartels after he left the military was today extradited to the U.S. after his arrest in Thailand.

Joseph Hunter is accused of running an international cartel of hitmen 'straight from the pages of Tom Clancy' and plotting to murder a DEA agent for $800,000.

The 48-year-old who reached the rank of Sergeant during his twenty years of service was handed to agents from the DEA today after his arrest in Thailand this week.

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My Comment: If he is/was working for the drug cartels .... I suspect that he was always busy with work.

4 comments:

James said...

If you're interested here's more info on this guy. TAH is pretty good about this stuff.
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=37751

War News Updates Editor said...

Thank you for the link James

James said...

You're welcome. TAH does a lot of good work on checking out the stories of guys like this and exposing phonies. They don't seem to have a definite opinion on this guy, but I'm sure they're running some FOIA's on him and we may here some more later. Enjoy your sight.

James said...

Make that site. Getting old.