Border Patrol whistle-blowers, feds close to a settlement

By Jonathon Shacat
Herald/Review
Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, Dec 24, 2008 - 05:12:08 am MST

BISBEE — A resolution may be near for a lawsuit filed in federal court in Tucson in May in which two U.S. Border Patrol agents alleged the agency illegally retaliated against them for whistle-blowing.

Juan Curbelo and William Leafstone Jr., residents of Douglas, claimed officials unlawfully suspended their law enforcement authority because they publicly disclosed the practice of “shotgunningâ€