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Case Files
The documents and case files from the Camarena investigation and trials hold the key to separating fact from fiction, unsupported allegation from verifiable witness statement. We have compiled the most extensive collection of documents available on the Internet.
Quick Facts
- Agent Camarena was kidnapped on February 7, 1985
- The kidnapping occurred outside the American Consulate in Guadalajara
- Agent Camarena was taken to a home at 881 Lope de Vega where he was interrogated and tortured
- Agent Camarena’s body was found on March 5, 1985
- Guadalajara traffickers Rafael Caro-Quintero, Ernesto Fonseca, and Angel Miguel Felix Gallardo all were convicted of involvement in Agent Camarena’s death
- Three criminal trials in the United States resulted in a number of convictions
- Those convicted included Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros, a Honduran trafficker, and Ruben Zuno-Arce, the bother-in-law of a former president of Mexico
- Allegations have been made that the CIA and others in the U.S. government played a role in Agent Camarena’s abduction and murder
News
ABC 30
Ex-partner of Fresno DEA agent murdered by Mexico drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero speaks out
16/07/2022
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — An infamous drug lord behind the murder of a Fresno DEA agent has been captured. Authorities captured the elusive Rafael Caro Quintero in Mexico, but he could be extradited to the US soon.
CBS News
Notorious Mexican drug lord — known as the “Boss of Bosses” — leaves prison after 33 years
14/09/2022
A veteran Mexican drug lord convicted of the murder of a U.S. undercover agent has been granted house arrest due to his deteriorating health, authorities said Tuesday. Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo was considered Mexico’s most powerful drug trafficker when he was arrested for the murder of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985.
USA Today
Killed by a cartel. Betrayed by his own? US reexamines murder of federal agent featured in ‘Narcos’
27/02/2020
Federal authorities assess new witness claims that a DEA official and CIA operative were tied to DEA agent Enrique Camarena’s 1985 murder in Mexico.
DailyMail.com
Mexican court grants home confinement to the 76-year-old sick drug lord, who was featured in Narcos: Mexico and whose cartel ordered the 1985 murder of a DEA agent
12/09/2022
A Mexican court has granted home confinement to Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, the notorious former drug lord whose cartel was responsible for the 1985 murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Kiki Camarena.
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