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Feb. 3, 2009

Drug Warrior

As a federal prosecutor, Gonzalo Curiel went after narcotics lords. Now, as a family law judge, he deals with the effects of the addicted, he says.

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Gonzalo P. Curiel

San Diego County Superior Court
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By Pat Broderick
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN DIEGO - Gonzalo Curiel has seen firsthand the devastation caused by illegal drugs, first battling drug cartels as a federal prosecutor, and now presiding over a family law court.

"Working at the U.S. attorney's office gave me a global view," Curiel said during a recent conversation in his chambers. "Now, as a family law judge, I have a view of what has been going on in the drug war and the problems of ... (continued)

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