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Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar (July 26, 1947 – February 9, 1985) was an American intelligence officer for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). In February 1985, Camarena was kidnapped by drug traffickers hired by Mexican politicians in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Feb 28, 2020 · Camarena, 37, who was known by the nickname “Kiki,” served in the U.S. Marine Corps before moving into law enforcement and becoming a DEA agent in 1975. He was kidnapped Feb. 7, 1985.
Feb 4, 2023 · Camarena, the Mexican-born agent and father of three, was 37 years old. On March 9, his body was flown from Mexico to the U.S. for his funeral (pictured above). The two were in a decomposed state and showed signs of brutalization.
Hundreds of club members including Calexico High School teacher David Dhillon wore red ribbons and pledged to lead drug-free lives to honor the sacrifices made by Kiki Camarena and others on behalf of all Americans.
Feb 7, 2012 · The capture and murder of Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, an undercover US Drugs Enforcement Agency in Mexico in 1985, was a turning point in the war on drugs, writes the BBC's Will...
Nov 3, 2022 · What’s the true story? Did he really move to Guadalajara, Mexico and work for the DEA? Was he really abducted? The ending is a sad one, and what happened to Kiki Camarena would change the face of...
Oct 21, 2021 · The DEA Museum’s documentary tribute to Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, hosted by Curator of Education Josh Edmundson, features never-before-seen interviews honoring the man whose death inspired the creation of Red Ribbon Week.
Oct 16, 2018 · Peña will portray Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, the real-life undercover DEA agent who relocated from California to Guadalajara to gain intelligence on the Guadalajara Cartel and later...
Sep 19, 2023 · In 1985, DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by members of a Mexican drug cartel. For more than four years, Camarena had fearlessly pursued marijuana and cocaine traffickers, disrupting their operations and inching closer to exposing the leaders of a billion-dollar drug network.
This is the story of DEA Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena. He was born on July 26, 1947, in the small town of Mexicali in Baja California. In 1956, Kiki moved with his family to Calexico, California. After he graduated from high school, he joined the Marine Corps.
