Armed U.S Vets Arrested in Haiti

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Little surprised they couldn't bribe their way out of it.

Or they thought a Patron Saint could get them out of it. I'd rather get into an Alamo type firefight and try to swim off Haiti than go to jail, let alone prison there.

[LowSpeed_HighDrag]

I've got a buddy who if friends with Chris Osman. Very interesting story...

[Whiskey_Bravo]

Or they thought a Patron Saint could get them out of it. I'd rather get into an Alamo type firefight and try to swim off Haiti than go to jail, let alone prison there.

My thoughts as well.

[kerplode]

Or they thought a Patron Saint could get them out of it. I'd rather get into an Alamo type firefight and try to swim off Haiti than go to jail, let alone prison there.

Yeah, I imagine that's a whole 'nother level of "Pound me in the ass prison".

Play stupid games...

[bad aim]

So the Haitian president and their judiciary tried to secure their release...sounds like someone's playing a political game and thumbing their noses at the current government. Might be why bribes didn't work...

[Whiskey_Bravo]

So the Haitian president and their judiciary tried to secure their release...sounds like someone's playing a political game and thumbing their noses at the current government. Might be why bribes didn't work...

Interesting.

[_Stormin_]

I’m guessing that there is a lot more to this that we may never know... Weird as hell though. Clinton Foundation security team seems hilariously plausible!

[Averageman]

Little surprised they couldn't bribe their way out of it.

I'm not, it sounds like they were set up. I'm sure a licence plate ticket could have been gotten out of for twenty bucks US. But if someone wanted to set you up to be caught taking a plate would be a good way to get an excuse to open your trunk at a road block.

[NWPilgrim]

Except the plates were found in the vehicle.

Apparently these guys were brought in by the President of Haiti but he is despised by the police. They seemed to have been lax in their opsec perhaps because they thought they had top cover from the prez.

What was their purpose assuming they were mercs hired by the prez? People are rioting against the prez. Were they a hit squad? Protection detail? “Get my gold out of the bank quietly soze I can fly out at 3am tonight”?

Being a merc has got to be super high risk not just physical danger but EVERYONE is going to drop you like a hot potato if the bottom falls out. That Golan group in the other linked article were smart to insist on nominal membership and ID in the host country military.

[Moose-Knuckle]

I'd rather get into an Alamo type firefight and try to swim off Haiti than go to jail, let alone prison there.

I can't imagine why . . .