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Peter McAleese (7 September 1942 – 18 March 2024) was a Scottish soldier and mercenary. McAleese served in the British Army 's Parachute Regiment and Special Air Service (SAS), the Rhodesian Special Air Service and British South Africa Police , and South Africa's 44 Parachute Brigade .
Mar 28, 2024 · Peter McAleese, the mercenary soldier who took part in a daring attempt to kill the Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar, has died at the age of 81. The Scot...
After basic training at the Parachute Regiment's Aldershot depot, he was assigned to the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment's mortar platoon. In 1962 Peter transferred to 'D' Squadron, 22 SAS, where he served with the squadron's Mobility troop in Aden.
Peter McAleese, who has died aged 81, was a Scottish mercenary with a reputation for reckless courage that was formidable even by the standards of most “soldiers of fortune”; in 1989 he was ...
Mar 28, 2024 · Peter McAleese, the mercenary soldier who took part in a daring attempt to kill the Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar, has died at the age of 81. The Scot led a team of...
Mar 20, 2024 · An SAS 'hardman' famous for going rogue and 'nearly' killing Pablo Escobar as a gun-for-hire has passed away at the age of 81. The infamous Peter McAleese's death was announced on Tuesday night (March 19) on his official social media accounts, writes the Daily Star.
Mar 7, 2021 · It’s author, Peter McAleese, is a Scot who was brought up in Glasgow’s East end within the shadow of the “Riddrie Hilton” as Barlinnie Prison is sometimes wryly dubbed in the city. READ MORE: Pablo Escobar and the story of the Glasgow man hired to kill him.
