United States Drug Enforcement Administration

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent William Ramos of the McAllen, Texas District Office was shot and killed on December 31, 1986. Special Agent Ramos was killed by a drug trafficking suspect while making an arrest during an undercover investigation at Las Milpas, Texas, near the Mexican border. He was 30...

Susan M. Hoefler, an office assistant at the Drug Enforcement Administration's Guadalajara, Mexico Resident Office, died on August 16, 1986, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. She was 32 years of age at the time of her death. Ms. Hoefler began working at DEA Headquarters in May 1973 as...

Criminal Investigator Kevin L. Brosch, Jefferson County, Arkansas Sheriff's Office, was killed on July 24, 1986, in a helicopter crash in Mt. Ida, Arkansas. He was 34 years of age at the time of his death. Criminal Investigator Brosch was participating in a Drug Enforcement Administration Marijuana Eradication Spotter School...

Criminal Investigator Charles M. Bassing, Arkansas State Police, was killed on July 24, 1986, in a helicopter crash in Mt. Ida, Arkansas. He was 33 years of age at the time of his death. Criminal Investigator Bassing was participating in a Drug Enforcement Administration Marijuana Eradication Spotter School when the...

James A. Avant, Pulaski County, Arkansas, Sheriff's Office, was killed on July 24, 1986, in a helicopter crash in Mount Ida, Arkansas. He was 37 years of age at the time of his death. Avant was assigned to the Drug Enforcement Administration's Task Force in Little Rock, Arkansas. Task Force...