Welp, this is not good:
Here’s more:
NY POST – Sixteen US Marines were arrested at Camp Pendleton in California on Thursday during battalion formation for alleged illegal activities ranging from human smuggling to drug-related offenses, the Marine Corps said.
Eight other Marines were questioned about their involvement in unrelated drug offenses, according to the 1st Marine Division.
None of the Marines were supporting operations along the US-Mexico border, the USMC said.
The 16 suspects range in rank from private first class to corporal, or E-2 to E-4, according to 1st Lt. Cameron Edinburgh, a division spokesman.
Edinburgh told the San Diego Union-Tribune the arrests were made during formation at the unit’s parade deck in the San Matteo area of the base.
“It was a public display for the entire unit to see,” he told the newspaper.
Their names and details of their alleged offenses were not immediately released.
I really hope they aren’t guilty, but something tells me that with these kind of numbers, they probably are.
The fact that they were arrested in front of the entire unit speaks volumes.