He got whacked for speaking the truth.
Border Patrol Agent Fired for Uttering Forbidden Truths - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine: "Last week Bryan Gonzalez, who worked as a U.S. Border Patrol agent in New Mexico from October 2007 until September 2009, sued his former supervisor for firing him because of opinions he expressed about the war on drugs. In April 2009, according to the complaint (PDF), Gonzalez remarked to a fellow agent, Shawn Montoya, during a break that 'legalization of drugs would end the drug war and related violence in Mexico.' He added that 'the drug problems in America were due to American demand for drugs, supplied by Mexico.'"
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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