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Two ex-Navy SEALs among those arrested in failed security contractor gig in Haiti

Pictures of the weapons confiscated from American and Serbian contractors by the police

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Chris Osman and Chris McKinley (formerly known as Chris Heben) were arrested this weekend in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on conspiracy charges.  Also arrested in the same group was a former US Marine named Kent Kroeker and several Serbian contractors identified as Bajavic Danilo, Vlad Jankovic and three others named Estera Michael, Daniel Dustin, and Burton Talon.  According to Danilo’s LinkedIn account, he works for a company called K17 Security.

According to the Miami Herald, the group of private security contractors were parked in a SUV and a pickup truck about a block away from Haiti’s central bank when they were approached by local police officers.  Suspicions were aroused because the vehicles had their license plates removed.  The contractors told the police that they were on a “government mission” according to the Haitian police department, but officers were skeptical of this claim and continued to question them.

A picture of Kent Kroeker from Kroeker Partners. As of Wednesday, the website offers the disclaimer: “Kroeker Partners LLC has no active engagements underway in Haiti and is not in a position to offer comments on recent developments in the country.”

When the police discovered that the contractors were heavily armed and unwilling to identify themselves, they were taken into custody.  In the vehicles police discovered, “six automatic rifles, six pistols, two professional drones and three satellite phones. They also found a telescope, backpacks, gun vests, professional tapes and documents” to include a list with names on it the Miami Herald reports.

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    Daniel

    LMAO!! Brilliant!! I was thinking of how I could tie those two together, and you sir, are the King!!

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    Daniel

    Good news. No matter how stupid some people behave, they are still Americans.

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    Andy T

    so – I’ve done some googling and reading, and it’s amazing that US backed government, that has severed deep historic ties with Venezuela would be coming under attack – and GASP – the two highest ranking members of the government would be using US mercenaries to assassinate each other!!!!!!
    That last line in this article is real doozy.
    Who benefits from this? Who is the useful idiot? (to pseudo quote Lenin)
    Something peculiar about all this.
    Got to be wary of stuff that seems to good to be true, or appears just as it should be.
    Should be interesting to see how this all turns out. These guys might need some good voodoo to get out of this mess.

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    Andy T

    I’m going to withhold judgement until more verified info is out there, but clearly George, if you don’t use license plates on your vehicles, you can hide in plain sight.

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    George E. Hand IV

    I swear, the circus is in town whenever seal are involved. The put absolutely zero thought into backstopping this “mission.” They are a boys club just winging shit as they go. No license plates, really?
    geo sends