Team of contract killers led by ex-soldier 'Rambo' busted, prosecutors say

[cali]

A former Army sergeant nicknamed Rambo has been charged with recruiting globe-trotting hitmen to act as muscle for drug-traffickers in a scheme that prosecutors said could have been "ripped from the pages of a Tom Clancy novel."

"The charges tell a tale of an international band of mercenary marksmen who enlisted their elite military training to serve as hired guns for evils ends," said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

"Three of the defendants were ready, willing and eager to take cold hard cash to commit the cold-blooded murders of a DEA agent and an informant."

The ringleader was Joseph "Rambo" Hunter, 48, who served in the U.S. Army from 1983 to 2004, serving as a sniper instructor and senior drill sergeant, according to the indictment unsealed Friday.

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[Locrian]

1. so that's what a walking piece of shit looks like - n/t

[BlueToTheBone]

5. he used to be our walking

pos. We trained him and helped him become what he is.

[Locrian]

6. indeed - n/t

[mwrguy]

2. We can expect to see a lot more of this as the wars wind down

Trained killers are probably not going to be happy working at McDonalds, so they will sell their only skill to the highest bidder.

[Blue_Tires]

3. Guess Hunter wasn't good enough to get hired by one of the mercenary firms

so he went into "business" for himself...

[KoKo]

4. Sadly...you are probably correct. n/t