The Hotwash Presents: Vietnam Navy Veteran, "El Hefe Ruben", Ruben Archuleta

The Hotwash with CJ

Ruben Archuleta was born in Antonito, Colorado. Since Ruben's parents were continually on the move while working in the fields and potato warehouses his paternal grandparents assumed the responsibility of providing a stable family environment for him. Ruben grew up in an adobe house covered with a dirt roof, no indoor plumbing, and was heated in the winter with a wood cook stove and heater. In 1962, at the age of seventeen, Ruben graduated from Antonito High School and joined the Navy. After a tour of duty in Vietnam, and upon completion of his four-year hitch with the military, he attended Southern Colorado State College in Pueblo, Colorado. He maintained his ties with the Navy and Air Force as a reservist for fifteen years. While attending college, Ruben joined the Pueblo, Colorado Police Department in 1968 and eventually obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from CSU-Pueblo. During his tenure as a police captain, Ruben was trained by the U.S. Secret Service in Arizona and Washington, D.C. and he worked with the Secret Service assisting in the protection of political dignitaries. This included U.S. Presidents, vice-presidents, first ladies, presidential hopefuls, and high profile Senators. Ruben worked with, and befriended Hollywood stars and sports figures and he still stays in contact with some of them. Ruben applied his fluency in the Russian language when he was assigned to work with the Soviets as law enforcement security liaison during the implementation of the INF Treaty. This treaty called for the destruction of specific ballistic missiles by the United States and the Soviet Union. www.eljeferuben.com