2 U.S. Army vets accused of plot to kill DEA agent

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2 U.S. Army vets accused of plot to kill DEA agent
Michael Winter, USA TODAY
9:17 p.m. EDT September 27, 2013

Two former U.S. Army snipers, including a 20-year veteran labeled a "contract killer," and a retired German sharpshooter have been charged with plotting the murders-for-hire of an American drug agent and an informant in Africa, the Justice Department announced Friday.

The planned assassinations, which were never carried out, were part of a conspiracy to fly hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into the United States from Colombian drug traffickers who were actually confidential sources for the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Two other ex-military snipers, one from Germany and the other from Poland, were arrested in Estonia and charged only with drug crimes as part of the scheme, which stretched from Asia to Africa and to the Caribbean. The plot leaders decided the pair would "not be able to handle" the killings, which were called "bonus jobs," the indictment states.

Prosecutors portrayed the five as ruthless mercenaries.