![]() ![]() Hunter’s story was an elaborate tale of international intrigue - of soldiers and soldiers of fortune - that began somewhat improbably in Owensboro, Ky., a tobacco manufacturing hub two hours outside Louisville. Le Roux reportedly became a government informant, Mr. Hunter’s public court file, which notes that many files are sealed.Įven before Mr. There are no public federal documents related to his arrest or alleged cooperation, nor are there references to him in Mr. Hunter was caught on tape boasting of having killed two people in the Philippines before the latest plot was hatched, which could complicate an entrapment defense.Īttempts to find a lawyer representing Mr. ![]() Hunter’s lawyer, Marlon Kirton, contends that his client was entrapped and would never have recruited his team of former military men if the government had not launched a sting against him, after the tip from Mr. Hunter, 49, because of the video and audio evidence. hoped would be an open-and-shut case against Mr. ![]() Le Roux’s alleged involvement may well complicate what the D.E.A. “Le Roux is a bad guy, a very bad guy,” the agent said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because, he said, Mr. Le Roux, who he said was still in custody, to Viktor Bout, the infamous Russian arms dealer said to be the real-life inspiration for the movie “Lord of War.” Hunter in an attempt to get a lighter sentence after his own arrest. Le Roux was an enterprising criminal who had overseen an empire in illegal guns and drugs that spanned four continents before he turned on Mr. Hunter’s trail was his former boss, Paul Le Roux, a shadowy South African operator who, until recently, was one of the world’s least known but most successful outlaws.Īccording to the federal agents, Mr. Hunter’s family and his lawyer - and to two federal agents, one current and one retired - the person who set the authorities on Mr. Hunter and his team were caught on audio and video tapes plotting the murders.īut there may be more to the story than the court filings convey. The narrative of the assassination plot may be hard to dispute Mr. In a more shocking twist, at least for the gunmen, the supposed cartel members employing them were, in reality, D.E.A. The hit was set for Liberia and, the Drug Enforcement Administration said, the plans were elaborate the hired killers asked their employers for sophisticated latex masks to make them look as if they were of a different race and plotted to escape aboard a privately chartered jet. Hunter, nicknamed Rambo, seemed to have been lifted from the latest action thriller. Law enforcement officials said the group had conspired to murder a federal drug agent and a drug-world informant in exchange for an $800,000 bounty from men they believed were members of a Colombian cartel. Hunter, a former Army sniper with Special Forces training, was in shackles on an airplane bound for New York, where he was formally accused of managing a team of contract hit men overseas. The officers’ mission was to capture the American expatriate in Villa 34: Joseph Hunter, a retired soldier wanted by his government for having taken up what law enforcement officials called a new career - as a hired killer. Late last year, a strike force of elite Thai police officers descended on the Baan Suan estates, a palm-treed housing complex next to a golf course on the tourist island of Phuket. ![]()
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