trafficking organization. all five defendants allegedly worked to import hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into the united states, and as alleged in the indictment, three of the former soldiers went one terrible step further. three of the defendants were ready, willing, and eager to take cold, hard cash to commit the cold-blooded murders of a dea agent and an informant. >> let's get now to our justice correspondent, our justice reporter, evan perez, live in washington now. what else did the u.s. attorney have to say about what they're accused of, evan? >> don, this was supposedly a security team, and this was an operation that the dea decided to mount. a sting operation because they believed that these men were essentially working for drug cartels to do murder for hire plots. now, the leader of this plot is joseph hunter, according to prosecutors. he's allegedly the one who led this team. he is a former army sniper