He weighed over 400 pounds as an FBI undercover agent — and it became his best disguise

Joaquin Garcia gained about 90 pounds while working undercover to infiltrate the Italian Mafia.

Courtesy of Joaquin Garcia

• Joaquin Garcia says that being overweight became his best disguise as an undercover FBI agent.
• Criminals would take one look at him and think there was no way he was a cop, he said.
• The only issue is that, unlike other disguises, being overweight doesn't come off overnight.

Joaquin Garcia spent 24 years as an undercover agent for the FBI.