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William Ramos

Case from Las-milpas, TX dated Dec 31, 1986

Victim Details

William Ramos

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Las-milpas

TX

1986-12-31

William

Ramos

07/05/2026

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William Ramos, a 30-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, was a Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent assigned to the McAllen, Texas District Office. On December 31, 1986, he was shot and killed by a drug trafficking suspect during an undercover investigation in Las Milpas, Texas, near the Mexican border. Special Agent Ramos had joined the DEA in 1985, and prior to that, he had been a U.S. Border Patrol Agent and an Assistant Prosecutor in Mojave, Arizona.

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  • Special Agent William Ramos - Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP)
  • U.S. v. Molina-Uribe - Case Law - VLEX 888329091
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    Has anyone else been thinking about the immense risk undercover agents like William Ramos take daily... ...Read More
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    I can't stop thinking about the immense bravery it must have taken for Special Agent William Ramos t... ...Read More
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