Could have been a calculated risk. Or the person who ordered the hit was a third party who is unconcerned about the switch. Or there was a serious risk of him talking when he would have gotten back to the US and they wanted to prevent that from happening at all cost.
Or he's not dead at all, but rather rescued by the good guys instead of falling into the hands of the bad guys, who had the papers ready to bring him back.
Could have been a calculated risk. Or the person who ordered the hit was a third party who is unconcerned about the switch. Or there was a serious risk of him talking when he would have gotten back to the US and they wanted to prevent that from happening at all cost.
Or he's not dead at all, but rather rescued by the good guys instead of falling into the hands of the bad guys, who had the papers ready to bring him back.
yeah defo witness protection