Special Branch operating in South Rhodesia. After the fall of Rhodesia in 1980, he enlisted with the South African Defence Force's 44 Parachute Brigade, where he served as a Warrant Officer Class 2 to 1984. He assisted with the creation of a new pathfinder reconnaissance unit, and took part in the South African Border War. Security contracting career In the mid-1980s McAleese set up a family home in Pretoria, and became an employee of the COIN Security Group, a military/police private contractor based in South Africa. After a near-death parachuting display accident, he moved back to live in the United Kingdom. At the end of the 1980s he spent two years as a security contractor working for the government forces in the Colombian Conflict. In the mid-1990s he worked in Moscow as a bodyguard training instructor, and undertook security work in Algeria and Iraq for several years. McAleese was contracted in 1989 by the Colombian Cali Cartel to assassinate their rival, Pablo Escobar. He and his team of mercenaries failed in their attempt, which was the subject of the 2021 UK documentary film Killing Escobar. Filmed interviews with him and some of his colleagues form the core of the narrative. Retirement In his latter years McAleese was a pub landlord in England. In 1993 he published his memoir, entitled No Mean Soldier, which has been reprinted several times. Publications McAleese, Peter (2015). Beyond No Mean Soldier (an updated and more detailed revision of No Mean Soldier). Helion & Co., Ltd. . References External links https://www.petermcaleese.com/ Personal website Training Russian Bodyguards Orion Books author profile British Parachute Regiment soldiers British mercenaries Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces Rhodesian Special Air Service personnel South African military personnel of the Border War People of the Angolan Civil War Special Air Service soldiers Military personnel from Glasgow 1942 births Living people British South Africa Police officers