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we ae eal Cee FBI — appreciate the support that the public has given us. Thank yo.” And then the big man =~ dressed in slacks, @ brown and blue-striped knit shirt and loafers — left. There was nothing more he needed to say. He was still smiling as he stood to enter a white, unmarked bureau vehicle, a Jeep Wagoneer with the look of bulletproof glass gad sanar a EE As the vehicle pulled out, two other . pgents were inside. One was Mireles’ wife, Another FRI car accompanied Mireles’ | departure. So did a ripple of applause. One of Mireles’ doctors, surgeon Gustavo Plasencia, said the any marked the beginning of a new phase of the agent's life, “a few months of really hard work.” The high-velocity rifle bullet that frac- tured Mireles’ arm passed completely through It, Plasencia said. | “The entrance was very small and the exit wes very big,” the surgeon said. In the months ahead, it will be known if Mireles will need a tendon transplant to ald in restoring mobility to his hand. “He will have some problems, but we believe that he will have fairly good function,” Plasencla said. Mireles’ rehabilitation and chances for returning to active duty will be sided, the doctor said, by the agent's strong. positive Personality. ; et ‘