publication date: Saturday, June 9, 2018 (part of Summer 2018)

category: Justice

clue: This DEA agent was less than a month from his transfer stateside when his murder sparked a row between Reagan and de la Madrid and forced the closing of the border.

intended difficulty: medium

do-over: This was a "do-over" goo, inspired by incorrect guesses for a previous goo.

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, and Matthew Preston

trivia: This goo was inspired by incorrect guesses for the goo of Vincent Bustamante.


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