
LTC Rocky Baragona, age 42, was killed on 19 May 2003 when his vehicle collided with a tractor trailer driven by a foreign national working for KGL Transportation Company. Baragona died at the scene. (photo courtesy of Baragona Family)
This is Part II of The Rocky Baragona Act continued from The LTC Rocky Baragona Act (Part 1)
Foreign Contracting and Human Trafficking
Working to uncover the truth behind Rocky’s death, we learned that KGL truck drivers often complained of being trafficked; forced to deliver goods, against their will, to US troops in Iraq. Some had been kidnapped, others arrested for smuggling on the black market. A former KGL employee spoke of insurance fraud and falsification of documents in order to win Army contracts; however, fear has kept him silent. Through our own investigating we learned that KGL had been banned in India for recruiting scams. These scams included bringing in untrained drivers to drive trucks on a promise that the driving would be in country, only to find out that they would be driving into Iraqi war zones. With no passport, no money, and the threat of breach of contract, these drivers were forced to drive into Iraq with little to no experience. The US Army looked the other way when a contractor like KGL used questionable hiring practices. There was simply no oversight. I was appalled by the apathy of our military to do nothing about it.
Allowing foreign contractors to perform contracts in violation of the Fars and International Law to support a war fought for democracy was everything my brother was against. It was clear however, forced labor in defense contracting is an acceptable way of doing business and we were not going to get any support.
Getting In The Ring
Undeterred with the “behind the scenes” of foreign contracting, Rocky’s Justice moved us back to the Hill to use diplomatic measures through Senator DeWine, the Kuwait Ambassador and the Prime Minister…The answer- KGL is untouchable.
Them were some fighting words!!
So we jumped in the ring and hit them in the jaw with a wrongful death suit in the U.S. Northern Georgia Courts. (Read the rest of the story here…)


Database lists fraud and shoddy work


