Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar (July 26, 1947 - c. February 9, 1985) was an undercover agent for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration. July 26 is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... The DEAs enforcement activities may take agents anywhere from distant countries to suburban U.S. homes. ...

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. Camarena had also worked as a firefighter and police investigator before joining the DEA in Calexico. The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. ... Location [[Image:{{{image_map}}}|280px|Location of Calexico, California]] {{{map_caption}}} Political Charateristics County Imperial Mayor Alex Perrone Physical Characteristics Incorporated 1908 Area      Land      Water 7. ... Nickname: Location in the state of California County Fresno Government  - Mayor Alan Autry Area  - City 104. ... Nickname: Coordinates: , Country Mexico State Jalisco Foundation 1542 Government  - Mayor Alfonso Petersen Farah ( PAN) Area  - City 187. ... A Canadian firefighter A firefighter is trained and equipped to extinguish fires, rescue people, aid and assist during natural disasters and, increasingly, provide emergency medical services. ...

Camarena's work became famous all over the United States and Latin America before he died. He infiltrated drug trafficking bands and successfully helped break up many of them. He managed to keep his face off the newspapers and other media despite the fact his name was well known. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

One of the drug trafficking groups he was trying to break up was able to identify him as an undercover agent. On February 7, 1985, he was kidnapped in broad daylight on a street in Guadalajara, Mexico, and was tortured and bludgeoned to death soon after. Although his body was found on March 5, he may have been killed about one month before that: pathologists who examined his body believed the actual date of death was more likely around February 9. Drug lords used a Mexican physician to bring Camarena back, time after time, during the cruel torture regime. is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the day. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Camarena's legend grew even more after his death: several movies about him were produced in Mexico, and, in November 1988, Time magazine had him on their cover. A 1990 U.S television mini-series about Camarena, starring Treat Williams and Benicio Del Toro, was produced (Drug Wars: The Camarena Story). Time (whose trademark is capitalized TIME) is a weekly American newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. ... A miniseries, in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Richard Treat Williams (born December 1, 1951 in Rowayton, Connecticut) is an American actor. ... Benicio Monserrat Rafael Del Toro Sanchez (born February 19, 1967, in San Germán, Puerto Rico) is an Academy Award winning Puerto Rican actor. ...

He received numerous awards while with the DEA, and, after his death, he posthumously received the Administrator's Award of Honor, the highest award given by the organization. In Fresno, CA, the DEA hosts a yearly golf tournament named after him. The Nationwide "Red Ribbon Campaign" which teaches school kids to avoid drug use, was started in his memory. Golf is a sport in which individual players or teams of players strike a ball into a hole using several types of clubs. ...

The History Channel show "Heroes Under Fire" had a show about his plight.

The United States government pursued a lengthy investigation of Camarena's murder: due to the difficulty of extraditing Mexican citizens, the DEA went as far as to have two suspects, Humberto Álvarez Machaín, the Mexican physician who allegedly prolonged Camarena's life so the torture could continue, and Javier Vasquez Velasco, kidnapped by bounty hunters and taken into the United States. Despite vigorous protests from the Mexican government, Álvarez was tried in United States District Court in Los Angeles; the trial resulted in an acquittal. Velasco was arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder and sentenced to three life sentences. It is widely acknowledged the DEA agents arrested the latter suspect with very little tangible evidence that could be used, the actual tape recording of the torture of Camarena never being released to the DEA by Mexico. Dr. Humberto Álvarez Machaín, a Mexican physician, was allegedly involved in the 1985 kidnapping, torture, and murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena Salazar by prolonging Agent Camarenas life so that others could further torture and interrogate him. ... A bounty hunter is an individual who seeks out fugitives (hunting) for a monetary reward (bounty), for apprehending by law, if such laws exist. ... Map of the boundaries of the United States Courts of Appeals and United States District Courts The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ...

Enrique Camarena is survived by a wife and three sons. One of his sons, Enrique Jr., graduated from USC Law School in 1998 and works as a prosecutor in San Diego County. He also tours the country lecturing about his dad's life.

References

• DEA Biography of Camarena