Cartels hiring US soldiers as assassins.

[Flesh Thorn]

Mexican cartels are recruiting hit men from the U.S. military, offering big money to highly-trained soldiers to carry out contract killings and potentially share their skills with gangsters south of the border, according to law enforcement experts.
The involvement of three American soldiers in separate incidents, including a 2009 murder that led to last week’s life sentence for a former Army private, underscore a problem the U.S. military has fought hard to address.
"We have seen examples over the past few years where American servicemen are becoming involved in this type of activity," said Fred Burton, vice president for STRATFOR Global Intelligence. "It is quite worrisome to have individuals with specialized military training and combat experience being associated with the cartels."


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/01/me ... z2akNjIIeG

[RangerX]

Weren't Los Zetas started by former Mexican commandos?

[Flesh Thorn]

Weren't Los Zetas started by former Mexican commandos?

Yes

[rgrokelley]

Mexican Revolution all over again. History repeating itself, though this time it isn't to fix a government, but to keep drugs flowing. Back in the early 1900s former American soldiers also went south to earn a profit.

[rangertough]

I wouldn't call any of the idiots in this story "highly" or "specially" trained. In point of fact the likelyhood of the cartels recruiting any guys that could be described in that manner is slim.

I think most of the American Military can be compared to the Roman Legions. The Legions were a military force to be recond with, the Legionaire wasn't much to write home about. The strength of the Legion was teamwork; your average American Soldier isn't much in a one on one encounter either. There are of course exceptions.

It is very hard to find a fighting force throughout history that was composed of expert "Soldiers" and "Warriors" wrapped into the same individuals (the Spartans come to mind).

The article makes a fine point of the fact that American Service men can travel across the border easier and that is a much more logical and compelling argument for recruitment IMHO.

Tough

[Baseplate]

I feel like I have been hearing this rumor for at least 15 years.

[Jim]

I feel like I have been hearing this rumor for at least 15 years.

At least!