The two soldiers reportedly served in the army's elite EOD unit which is responsible for disarming explosives and weapons of mass destruction.
The Oscar-winning movieexplored the lives of EOD soldiers, who are trained in detecting and deactivating explosives and weapons of mass destruction.According to the criminal complaint, Jarvis rented a Chevrolet Tahoe in North Carolina in November and loaded the vehicle with firearms, explosives, and other military-type items. He then drove to Inverness, Florida, to meet Sumlin.
The pair then drove from Florida to El Paso where on Nov. 14, they met undercover agents with Homeland Security Investigations at a local truck stop in El Paso. They followed the agents to a warehouse where they intended to sell their arsenal of weapons — including multiple firearms, military grade equipment, and C-4 plastic explosives — for $75,000, the complaint said.
The two men told agents said they had coordinated the sale of multiple firearms with a buyer in El Paso. He said he was going to earn $12,000 from the sale, while Jarvis told authorities he was expecting to earn $2,000 for his participation in the transaction.
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