DEA War Stories: Miami in the 1980s - A DEA Agent's True Stories from the Cocaine Wars - Paperback

Batista, Ernie: - Ernie Batista served nearly thirty years in law enforcement with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (PBSO) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). At PBSO, he worked in road patrol, on homicide cases, and in the Organized Crime Bureau, where he led international drug-smuggling investigations during the late 1970s. In 1980 he joined DEA Miami, where he worked undercover and conducted major investigations during the height of the Colombian and Cuban drug wars. Subsequent DEA assignments led him to Jacksonville, South America, Pittsburgh, DEA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and the National Drug Intelligence Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Throughout his career Ernie has received numerous awards, honors, and commendations from multiple U.S. and foreign law-enforcement agencies alike, including two DEA Administrator's Awards for Outstanding Group Achievements, and the inaugural Argentine Presidential Medal for Excellence in Drug Enforcement.Retired from the DEA since 2002, he now serves as a Counter-Narcotic Consultant for a major U.S. company. The most fulfilling and important part of his life, however, remains what it always has been: enjoying time with his beautiful, beloved wife of forty-six years, their five children, and their two grandchildren. He considers himself blessed many times over.