The Ft Bragg Cartel

glebo · 06-14-2026, 03:55

Anyone venture to read "The Ft Btagg Cartel" yet??
I've just started with the lead in book you might say, "The Ft Bragg Secrets". That one's sort of a precursor to set up the main book, the cartel one.
I read the first few pages of the Cartel book first....yikes, not to good.
We'll see how the rest goes.
I'm almost finished with the Secrets book, it'll take a bit since I'm not a speed reader or anything..
I know they say there was a lot of controversy (TTP's and such) in some of the subject matter. We'll see if I find it (other than the drugs/behavior etc, etc.) while reading..

Radar Rider · 06-14-2026, 17:01

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The ‘expose’ that is The Fort Bragg Cartel – Drug Trafficking and Murder In The Special Forces, while decently written, makes A LOT of absurd accusations and insinuations about an organization/institution (Cartel) that simply doesn’t exist on Fort Bragg. I’ve spent 24 years of my life on or around Fort Bragg. There is NO cartel, and there sure as fuck are no government or military entities trafficking drugs on Post. Are there rogue Soldiers or lawbreakers in our ranks? Of course there are. That happens when human beings are involved.

On to the review: The author states that William Lavigne had been assigned to the “1st Special Warfare Group” at “The Torii Station.” Later, the author states that the 18th Airborne Corps commander is the highest ranking general on Fort Bragg. I suspect that the 4 star General over at FORSCOM might think otherwise.

The author next attempts to connect CW4 Dumas, MSG Lavigne, and former NC state trooper Freddie Wayne Huff II to some kind of overarching drug cartel on Fort Bragg, somehow powered by JSOC/SFOD-D. Freddie Huff was a crooked state trooper that made a reputation on stopping drug dealers on the highway and confiscating enormous amounts of cash. Little known is that at least half or more of his confiscations went into his own pocket. CW4 Dumas was a logistics “specialist” that used his position to steal, redirect and sell millions of dollars of U.S. Army property. MSG Lavigne had some difficulties possibly from traumatic events in service, but there is no evidence that there is/was any evidence that a greater JSOC/SFOD-D drug cartel exists.

The author also addresses the case of SPC Enrique Roman-Martinez, who while on a beach excursion with seven other Soldiers in 2020 became decapitated. Four of the Soldiers dropped acid while camping; however, no connection between the supposed “Fort Bragg cartel” and the events relating to acid use is not even attempted in the book.

The author further goes on to bring up many mysterious or unsolved deaths associated with Fort Bragg, to include a number of tragic suicides. Nowhere does he come up with even a theory about how or why such things occur; he only impugns the installation and its tenant units. In my opinion, this book is like the author leaving a burning bag of shit on your doorstep and then expecting YOU to figure out who shit in the bag.

glebo · 06-15-2026, 03:43

I also have been around bragg more or less since 1980.
Been in several different units, (SF) and I've myself never seen such goings on. I've known a few guys that have indulged in illicit stuff, but by no extent that the book sez.
I've heard the controversy over the book, so I wanted to read it to see how far fetched it was.
Funny you mention the trooper in that way. The first book only labels him as a possible corrupt lawyer involved sez nothing about his trooper time...Dumas he lists as an Intel CPT...I've always heard he was a logistics warrant, we'll see what shakes out in the main book.
As anything, probably have to shift through a bunch of assumptions and whatever...
Makes ya wonder why the author is fluffing up all that...I'm sure dollars of course..