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The Merchant of Death at Marion
USP Marion, Illinois
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Bob Adams from George, South Africa · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Viktor Bout armed half the world's civil wars with surplus Soviet arsenals and a fleet of old cargo planes, inspired the film Lord of War, and was finally lured into a DEA sting in Bangkok and sentenced to twenty five years. He served most of it in the tight-control communications management unit at Marion, the prison built to replace Alcatraz. In December 2022 the United States traded him for Brittney Griner, and he flew home to a hero's welcome and a seat in Russian politics.
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