Edmundo Mireles Jr.

Edmundo "Ed" Mireles Jr (born 1953 in Alice, Texas) is a former special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), known for his part in the 1986 FBI Miami shootout. He was awarded the Medal of Valor (FBI Medal of Valor), and elected the Police Officer of the Year.

Life and early career

Edmundo Mireles was born in Alice and grew up in Beeville, Texas. He served in the United States Marine Corps, then graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Maryland in January 1979, and joined the FBI in the same year.

After an initial use in the FBI in Washington, DC, he was transferred in 1985 to the Miami. He married a fellow FBI agent and became the father of a son.

Shootout

In late 1985 and early 1986 two armed men had robbed a series of banks, and killed a number of people near Florida. The FBI assembled a stakeout team searching for the car they were believed to be travelling in.

The two suspects were sighted and forced off the road. Immediately, fierce shooting broke out between the two suspects and the eight FBI agents. Within minutes, two agents had been killed and five others had been seriously injured. Edmundo Mireles was hit in his left arm, but fired back at them with a shotgun, to no effect, and was himself wounded again. After the two had gotten into a police vehicle, Mireles stood up, went towards them and shot the two of them dead at short range with his personal .357 Magnum S&W Model 686 revolver.[1]

He collapsed shortly thereafter and was sent to the South Miami Hospital. His left arm remained impaired, but he returned to the service after a year of recovery and became an instructor at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Later, he returned to his former Miami office and also served in the Omaha, Nebraska, Field Office.

Discrimination suit

Along with more than half the agency's Hispanic staff, he was involved in a 1988 discrimination suit against the FBI.[2][3]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ May, Patrick (5 June 1987). "A Hero From The Deadliest FBI Shootout". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Shenon, Philip (11 September 1988). "Hispanic F.B.I. Agents' Suit Reflects a Sense of Betrayal". New York Times. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Law suit or no, agent gets FBI's highest honor". Chicago Tribune. 11 April 1990. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  4. ↑ SKORNECK, CAROLYN (10 April 1990). "FBI AWARDS FIRST MEDAL OF VALOR". Associated Press.
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