Maria Zurita is a retired Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection Special Agent, Polygraph Examiner.  She initiated her federal service with the United States Customs Service as a Customs Inspector in Eagle Pass, TX.  Over her 23 years with the service she worked in Miami Seaport and Airport as an Inspector and then a Supervisor.  She worked in the Charleston Federal Law Enforcement Training Center as a Spanish Instructor where she also participated in the Honor Guard.  She was then selected to be trained as a Polygraph Examiner.

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Maria is also a law enforcement survivor. Her brother Manuel was killed in the line of duty.  He was a US Customs Service Special Agent, who succumbed to his injuries after a boating accident in January 1998.  Maria’s participation ensures that we remained focused on the family and friends of the fallen officers.