Mexico City Management Team June 1980 Left to right back: CA Rudy Ramirez, Costa Rica CO, RAC Richard Canas, Monterey RO, RAC Ruben Salinas, Mazatlan RO, CA Guatemala, RAC William Rochon, Guadalajara RO, RAC William Farnan, Merida RO, RAC Thomas Telles, Hermosillo RO. Left to right front: GS Charlie Lugo, Mexico City,Asst. Regional Director Frank Macolini, Mexico City, DEA Administrator Peter Bensinger, Regional Director Edward Heath, Mexico City, GS Frank Cruz, Mexico City
Killed in the Line of Duty Larry D. Wallace Died on December 19, 1975 DEA Special Agent Wallace, of the Tokyo District Office, died at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Guam from gunshot wounds received during an undercover drug investigation.
Octavio Gonzalez Died on December 13, 1976 DEA Special Agent Gonzalez was the Country Attache in Bogota, Colombia, when he was shot and killed in the office by an informant.
Ralph N. Shaw Died on May 14, 1976 DEA Special Agent Shaw, of the Calexico, California District Office, died in a plane crash north of Acapulco during an operations flight in support of Mexico’s opium eradication program.
Francis J. Miller Died on March 5, 1977 DEA Special Agent Miller, a Group Supervisor at the Newark Division, was killed in an automobile accident in New York.
James T. Lunn Died on May 14, 1976 DEA Special Agent Lunn, a pilot assigned to the Office of Enforcement at DEA headquarters, died in a plane crash north of Acapulco during an operations flight in support of Mexico’s opium eradication program.
Robert C. Lightfoot Died on November 23, 1977 DEA Special Agent Lightfoot died in a firearms accident in Bangkok, Thailand.
42