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Michael Garbo

Case from Tucson, AZ dated Oct 04, 2021

Victim Details

Michael Garbo

Male

Tucson

AZ

2021-10-04

51

Michael

Garbo

Yes

06/28/2026

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DEA Special Agent Michael Garbo laid to rest in Tucson

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Michael Gale Garbo, a 51-year-old male Drug Enforcement Administration supervisory special agent, had spent more than sixteen years tracking drug traffickers from the U.S.–Mexico border to Afghanistan by the time he stepped onto the Amtrak Sunset Limited in downtown Tucson on the morning of October 4, 2021. A former Metropolitan Nashville police officer who joined the DEA in 2005, he had risen to become a respected group supervisor in the Phoenix Field Division, known for his calm leadership, ...
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  • Obituary of Michael Gale Garbo | Brings Broadway Chapel
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