Enrique Camarena

Enrique "Kike" Camarena Salazar (Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico July 26, 1947 - c. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, February 9, 1985) was an undercover agent for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration who was abducted on 7 February 1985, and then tortured and murdered, while on assignment in Mexico. In 1972, Camarena joined the United States Marine Corps, where he served for two years. He then joined the DEA at their Calexico, California office. In 1977, Camarena moved to their Fresno office, and in 1981 he was assigned to the agency's Guadalajara, Jalisco office in Mexico. Camarena had also worked as a firefighter and police investigator before joining the DEA in Calexico. In 1984, acting on information by Camarena, 450...