Mexican cartels are looking to recruit US soldiers to carry out contract killings.
In April a leaked FBI confidential bulletin revealed that the Los Zetas cartel, which was founded by former elite Mexican troops, has been vigorously expanding its US connections for years by collaborating with US gangs in drug dealing and enforcement activities on both sides of the border.
But the recruitment of US soldiers for the sole purpose of knocking people off is a disturbing trend, especially given how much sense it makes.
On July 25 an El Paso, Texas court handed down a life sentence to Army private first-class Michael Apodaca, 22, after he admitted to being recruited and paid $5,000 by the Juarez Cartel to shoot and kill Jose Daniel Gonzalez-Galeana, a cartel member who had been outed as an informant for US customs.
Apodaca, who was stationed at nearby Fort Bliss and was attached to the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, performed the hit on May 15, 2009, in the border town. More
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