A TRAINEE firefighter is facing the sack after boasting he was a former Mexican drug cartel hitman.
Ali Gonzalez, 32, was six weeks into his basic training course when he was suspended after interview footage emerged of him detailing his life as a gun for hire.
Ali Gonzalez faces being sacked from the fire service amid claims he was a hitman in Mexico YouTube/LADbible
He claimed to have killed people while he worked as a hitman
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He told how he worked for the feared Sinaloa cartel, made famous by Netflix dramas
Fellow trainees in Bury, Manchester, turned into internet sleuths and discovered Gonzalez has previously given a series of interviews in which he detailed his life as a “Sicaro” – or hitman.
He told how he worked for the feared Sinaloa cartel, made famous by Netflix dramas Narcos: Mexico and El Chapo, which tells the story of cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
In one interview, Gonzalez, who said he spent three years in jail before being released, recalled a prison fight between gangland rivals which saw one man being beheaded.
He said: “There was 14 people killed. The main boss was decapitated and they were playing basketball with his head.”
Gonzalez also claimed he killed dozens of rival gang members on the orders of his cartel bosses.
In one horrific case he told how a hit went wrong after a gun jammed.
He recalled: “I jumped out of the car, took the rifle, busted the bullet out, and cocked it back in and I shot him again.
“This person was still in agony, trying to drag himself on to the pavement.
“The rifle jammed again, so I basically went up to him and smashed him with the butt of the rifle until his head exploded.”
Gonzalez was among around 30 trainee firefighters being put through their paces at Greater Manchester Fire Service’s state of the art £11million training centre in Bury when he was suddenly suspended on Tuesday.
According to a recent Facebook post by instructors, Gonzalez and his colleagues were “well into the foundation phase of their initial firefighter training course”.
It continued: “Over the past three weeks, they have covered all things ladders, pumps, hose reel extensions and more.
“As we move into week 4 on Monday, they will begin to hone these skills and put them into further practice.”
A source said: “There is a group of around 30 people training to be firefighters and they are spending a lot of time together.
“They have been getting to know each other and Ali has mentioned a few things to people about his supposed past life.
“He mentioned being a hitman. No one took him seriously but then they did some digging on the internet and all these interviews of him confessing to being a cold-blooded killer came up.
“It was ununerving and people decided the right thing to do was report it to the superiors.”
Gonzalez is understood to have told bosses he made up the claims to make money from TV companies.
He refused to comment when contacted by The Sun but admitted it was likely he was going to be sacked.
Sources said his job application has gone through the usual vetting process.
On Friday Deputy Chief Fire Officer Carlos Meakin said: “We were recently made aware of serious allegations against an apprentice firefighter.
“We moved quickly to suspend the apprentice while we investigated the allegations.
“Our investigation is now complete, and following a hearing this afternoon the apprentice has been dismissed.”
He added that during the vetting process which involved enhanced DBS checks, no “areas of concern” were flagged.
The officer said: “We also checked the applicant’s social media as part of our screening process, but as he used a pseudonym online, we were not aware of the content which came to light this week.
“We hold our staff to the highest standards and will not tolerate attitudes or behaviours that goes against our values.”
Gonzalez was six weeks into his basic training course after securing a job as a trainee firefighter
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