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SAS soldier hired to kill Pablo Escobar nearly decapitated during daring mission
SAS soldier who was hired to assassinate feared drug lord Pablo Escobar was almost decapitated after his squad’s helicopter crashed in the jungle.Peter McAleese was hired by the Cali Cartel, a rival Colombian gang, to take out the Medellin Cartel boss in 1989.The Scottish mercenary, now 78, assembled a hit squad made up of 12 soldiers and carried out 11 weeks of gruelling training in the Colombian jungle.McAleese had previously served in Britain’s Parachute Regiment, the SAS, Rhodesia’s SAS and the South African Defence Force.His unit was eventually able to pinpoint Escobar’s location, but the mission ultimately proved a failure after bad weather led to a helicopter crash.The squad tried to take him out a second time, but the crime boss
