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Statement Of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara On The Charges In U.S. V. Joseph Hunter, Et Al.

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York



“The bone-chilling allegations in today's Indictment read like they were 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 evil ends. 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. Thanks to the determined, skillful and intrepid efforts of the DEA's Special Operations Division, an international hit team has been neutralized by agents working on four continents.”

Updated May 13, 2015

Press Release Number: 13-309