{"product_id":"the-fort-bragg-cartel-drug-trafficking-and-murder-in-the-special-forces-hardcover","title":"The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSeth Harp\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Fort Bragg Cartel \u003c\/i\u003eopens like a nonfiction thriller and never lets up. A page-turning investigation into the dark side of our forever wars.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eGhost Wars\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDirectorate S\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A groundbreaking investigation into a string of unsolved murders at America's premier special operations base, and what the crimes reveal about drug trafficking and impunity among elite soldiers in today's military \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn December 2020, a deer hunter discovered two dead bodies that had been riddled with bullets and dumped in a forested corner of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. One of the dead men, Master Sergeant William \"Billy\" Lavigne, was a member of Delta Force, the most secretive \"black ops\" unit in the military. A deeply traumatized veteran of America's classified assassination program, Lavigne had done more than a dozen deployments in his lengthy career, was addicted to crack cocaine, dealt drugs on base, and had committed a series of violent crimes before he was mysteriously killed. The other victim, Chief Warrant Officer Timothy Dumas, was a quartermaster attached to the Special Forces who used his proximity to clandestine missions to steal guns and traffic drugs into the United States from abroad, and had written a blackmail letter threatening to expose criminality in the special operations task force in Afghanistan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs soon as Seth Harp, an Iraq war veteran and investigative reporter, begins looking into the double murder, he learns that there have been many more unexplained deaths at Fort Bragg recently, other murders connected to drug trafficking in elite units, and dozens of fatal overdoses. Drawing on declassified documents, trial transcripts, police records, and hundreds of interviews, Harp tells a scathing story of narco-trafficking in the Special Forces, drug conspiracies abetted by corrupt police, blatant military cover-ups, American complicity in the Afghan heroin trade, and the pernicious consequences of continuous war.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeth Harp \u003c\/b\u003eis an investigative reporter and foreign correspondent. A contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, he has reported from countries including Iraq, Syria, Mexico, and Ukraine for \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eColumbia Journalism Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Intercept\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Texas Observer\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been supported by residencies at MacDowell and Yaddo, and he is a 2025 ASU Future Security Fellow at New America. Before becoming a journalist, Harp practiced law for five years, and was an Assistant Attorney General for the state of Texas. During college and law school, he served in the United States Army Reserve and did one tour of duty in Iraq.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.32 x 9.13 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45114603077676,"sku":"9780593655085","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/2mewxWooyW9780593655085.webp?v=1765432517","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/the-fort-bragg-cartel-drug-trafficking-and-murder-in-the-special-forces-hardcover","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}