Family of slain U.S. DEA agent sues cartel and 3 suspected drug kingpins over 1985 murder
The family of U.S. federal agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena has filed a lawsuit against the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico and three suspected drug kingpins over his brutal kidnap and murder in 1985.
The family of U.S. federal agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena has filed a lawsuit against the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico and three suspected drug kingpins over his brutal kidnap and murder in 1985.
Camarena, a 37-year-old agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, was abducted in broad daylight off the street of Guadalajara on Feb. 7, 1985. His pilot, Alfredo Zavala-Avelar, was kidnapped near the Guadalajara airport. Both men were interrogated and tortured in an effort to gain information on the DEA’s knowledge of the Cartel’s operations, the federal civil lawsuit says.
They were killed two days after the kidnapping and their bodies were buried in a shallow grave on a rural farm about 60 miles from Guadalajara, the lawsuit says.
DEA agent Enrique (Kiki) S. Camarena was kidnapped on Feb. 7, 1985.Drug Enforcement AdministrationThe lawsuit, filed Thursday in a California federal court, seeks to hold Rafael Caro Quintero, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, and the Sinaloa cartel responsible for Camarena’s death. It was filed under a new designation by President Donald Trump that classifies the cartels as terrorist organizations.
"It has been 40 years since these men and their deadly criminal enterprise ended my husband’s life, which he dedicated to stopping traffickers from flooding our country with dangerous criminals, narcotics, and violence," Camarena’s widow, Geneva "Mika" Camarena, said in a statement.
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