{"id":114376,"date":"2021-06-08T07:30:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T11:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=114376"},"modified":"2021-06-07T22:08:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T02:08:29","slug":"marine-raider-heads-to-trial-for-murder-of-green-beret-in-mali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=114376","title":{"rendered":"Marine Raider heads to trial for murder of Green Beret in Mali"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SSG Logan Melgar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

US Army Staff Sergeant Melgar died exactly four years ago (4 June 2017) in Mali while on assignment there with a joint special operations team. He was attacked in, what the men who survived say is, a hazing incident gone horrible wrong. The men who killed him were ostensibly his teammates. Already three of the four accused men have pleaded guilty. This includes Navy Chief Special Warfare Operators Adam C Matthews and Tony DeDolph and Marine Raider Staff Sergeant Kevin Maxwell Jr.<\/p>\n

Marine Corps Times explained<\/a>;<\/p>\n

DeDolph pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and received 10 years in prison, reduction to E-1, forfeiture of pay and a dishonorable discharge.<\/p>\n

Maxwell pleaded guilty to negligent homicide, conspiracy to commit assault, hazing, obstruction of justice and making false official statements. He was sentenced to four years of confinement, reduction in rank to E-1 and a bad conduct discharge.<\/p>\n

Matthews pleaded guilty to the conspiracy and related charges and was sentenced to one year of confinement, reduction to petty officer second class and a bad conduct discharge.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The fourth man allegedly involved in Melgar’s killing is now headed to trial.<\/p>\n

From Marine Corps Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

A Marine Raider headed to trial Monday in the death of an Army Green Beret faces a possible sentence of life without parole.<\/p>\n

Gunnery Sgt. Mario Madera-Rodriguez begins what is scheduled to be a three-week trial at Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia, on charges of conspiracy, assault, obstruction of justice, involuntary manslaughter, hazing, false official statements and felony murder in the June 4, 2017, death of Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You’ll recall what the whole “hazing” incident has been described;<\/p>\n

The four men were charged with planning a hazing of Melgar at his off-site residence in Bamako, Mali, on June 4, 2017.<\/p>\n

DeDolph and the two Marines had friction working on the counterterrorism team with Melgar and some felt slighted when they said that Melgar had snubbed them by not giving them a ride to a U.S. embassy party.<\/p>\n

Melgar had told his wife in phone calls home that he hated the current deployment and was fed up with the \u201cjuvenile\u201d behavior of the SEALs and Marines on his team. He didn\u2019t share details and was eager to return home in the coming weeks when his deployment ended.<\/p>\n

The four men went on an all-night bar hopping trip where they planned to rush Melgar, pin him down and take sexually compromising photos of the staff sergeant.<\/p>\n

The plotters gathered duct tape and a sledgehammer and at about 5 a.m. burst through Melgar\u2019s bedroom door, subduing him as he fought back. DeDolph, a former professional mixed martial arts fighter, put Melgar in a chokehold while the others tried to restrain and duct tape him.<\/p>\n

But almost immediately, Melgar stopped breathing.<\/p>\n

The four men stopped and began to try to resuscitate him, including a field expedient tracheotomy. Unsuccessful, they took him to a nearby medical clinic. But staff were unable to revive him.<\/p>\n

Immediately, the men began to cover up what happened.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ha ha. What a gag. Funny, right? Swell group of guys. Kidnapping you, binding you up, and then sodomizing you. All for a good laugh I guess.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Jeff LPH 3 for sending in the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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