Kiki Camarena information

Enrique Camarena
Enrique Camarena
Born	Enrique Camarena Salazar; July 26, 1947; Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
Died	February 9, 1985 (aged 37); Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Other names	Kiki
Education	Calexico High School
Spouse	Mika Camarena
	Police career
Department	Calexico Police Department; Drug Enforcement Administration;
Service years	1970–1985
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1965–1970
Rank	Lance corporal

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. He was interrogated under torture and murdered. Three leaders of the Guadalajara drug cartel were eventually convicted in Mexico for Camarena's murder. The U.S. investigation into Camarena's murder led to ten more trials in Los Angeles for other Mexican nationals involved in the crime. The case continues to trouble U.S.–Mexican relations, most recently when Rafael Caro Quintero, one of the three convicted traffickers, was released from a Mexican prison in 2013. Caro Quintero again was captured by Mexican forces in July 2022.

Several journalists, historians, former DEA and CIA agents, and Mexican police officers have written that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was complicit in Camarena's death, because Camarena discovered CIA involvement in Cold War-era narcotics trafficking.^[3] The CIA has denied the allegations.^[4]^[5]

^ Sifuentes, Hervey. "Proclamarán Semana del Listón Rojo en honor a 'Kike' Camarena" Archived June 26, 2020, at the Wayback Machine. Zócalo Saltillo. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
^ "Kiki and the History of Red Ribbon Week" Archived November 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Drug Enforcement Administration. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
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[kiki_nickname-1] Sifuentes, Hervey. "Proclamarán Semana del Listón Rojo en honor a 'Kike' Camarena" Archived June 26, 2020, at the Wayback Machine. Zócalo Saltillo. Retrieved February 27, 2012.

[RedRibbon_history-2] "Kiki and the History of Red Ribbon Week" Archived November 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Drug Enforcement Administration. Retrieved January 20, 2013.

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Enrique Camarena

Born	Enrique Camarena Salazar July 26, 1947 Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
Died	February 9, 1985(1985-02-09) (aged 37) Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Other names	Kiki^[a]
Education	Calexico High School
Spouse	Mika Camarena
Police career
Department	Calexico Police Department Drug Enforcement Administration
Service years	1970–1985


Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1965–1970
Rank	Lance corporal