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THE ENRIQUE CAMARENA CASEBY: JACQUELINE GALBRAITH AND JACQUELINE
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CASE BACKGROUND:• FEBRUARY 7 1985•DEA SPECIAL AGENT, CAMARENA, WAS ABDUCTED NEAR THE
U.S CONSULATE IN GUADALAJARA, MEXICO•CAPTAIN ZAVALA, A DEA SOURCE, WAS ABDUCTED FROM A CAR
NEAR THE GUADALAJARA AIRPORT AFTER CAMARENA WAS ABDUCTED•ONE OF THE LARGEST INVESTIGATIONS EVER CONDUCTED BY
THE DEA
WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY?•WHO: DEA AGENTS ENRIQUE CAMARENA AND CAPTIAN ZAVALA•WHAT: THEY WERE ABDUCTED, TORTURED, AND MURDERED •WHEN: FEBRUARY 7, 1985•WHERE: GUADALAJARA, MEXICO •WHY: THE DEA AGENTS WERE TRYING TO BUST THE MEXICAN
DRUG LORDS
MAJOR PLAYERS•RENE VERDUGO DRUG TRAFFICKER WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A
HIGH RANKING MEMBER OF THE CARO-QUINTERO GANG•SERGIO ESPINO-VERDIN FORMER FEDERAL COMANDANTE WHO
AIDED IN THE KIDNAPPING AND MURDER OF A FEDERAL AGENT
CRIME
•CAMARENA, A MEXICAN-AMERICAN UNDER COVER AGENT FOR THE U.S DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, WAS ABDUCTED AND THEN TORTURED AND MURDERED WHILE UNDERCOVER IN MEXICO.
SUSPECTS• DRUG LORD MIGUEL ANGEL FELIX GALLARADO ORDERED THE KIDNAPPING OF CAMARENA ON
FEBRUARY 7, 1985• HUMBERTO ALVAREZ MACHAIN PHYSICIAN WHO PROLONGED CAMARENA’S LIFE SO THE TORTURE
COULD CONTINUE • ZUNO ACRE HAD TIES TO CORRUPT MEXICAN OFFICIALS WHO HELPED IN COVERING UP THE MURDER• JAVIER VAQUEZ VELASCO• JUAN RAMON MATTA BALLESTEROS • JUAN JOSE BERNABE RAMIREZ• ERNESTO FONSECA CARRILLO• RAFAEL CARO QUINTERO• SURGIO ESPINO-VERDIN
Responsible for Kidnapping
APPREHENSION OR NOT OF SUSPECT• FELIX GALLARDO WAS UNDER POLITICAL PROTECTION •SUSPECTS FOR THE KIDNAPPING OF CAMARENA WERE
APPREHENDED BY THE DEA AND BROUGHT TO COURT•MACHAIN (PHYSICIAN) WAS ALSO APPREHENDED
EVIDENCE FOUND• THE TWO BODIED THAT WERE FOUND WERE COVERED IN PLASTICS BAGS• HAIR AND BLOOD WERE TAKEN FROM THE BODIES• THE SOIL ON THE BODIES WAS DIFFERENT FROM WHERE THE BODIES WERE
FOUND• FOUND A SMALL BUILDING THAT WAS BELIEVED TOO HAVE HELD THE 2
PRISONERS • ENTIRE ROOM WAS PROCESSED FOR FINGERPRINTS, HAIRS, AND FIBERS • BUILDING CONTAINED BURIAL SHEETS, ROPE, PILLOWCASES• HAIR SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM SUSPECTS SO THEY COULD BE MATCHED TO
THE HAIR FOUND ON THE BODIES• ON THE BODY WERE FIBERS FROM A CARPET WHICH MATCHED THAT OF THE
SUSPECTS
TRIAL OR NO TRIAL • TRAIL TOOK PLACE IN JULY OF 1988• IN THE U.S DISTRICT COURT IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
VERDICT/SENTENCE •AFTER AN 8 WEEK TRIAL, ALL OF THE DEFENDANTS WERE
FOUND GUILTY• THEY WERE CONVICTED ON ALL COUNTS AND ARE CURRENTLY
SERVING LENGTHY SENTENCES
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS •WHAT WAS THE POINT OF TORTURING CAMARENA?•WERE THE CULPRITS TRYING TO GET INFORMATION OUT OF HIM?•DID CAMARENA’S CULTURE PLAY A PART IN HIS TORTURING IN
KIDNAPPING?•WERE THE DRUG LORDS JEALOUS BECAUSE HE WAS AN
AMERICAN CITIZEN OF MEXICAN DECENT?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• HTTP://CLASSES.COLGATE.EDU/RBOWMAN/CORE145/CAMARENA.PDF• HTTP://LATINO.FOXNEWS.COM/LATINO/NEWS/2013/08/09/MEXICO-OVERTURN
S-CONVICTION-DRUG-KINGPIN-CARO-QUINTERO/• HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/ENRIQUE_CAMARENA_(DEA_AGENT)• HTTP://WWW.RESEARCHOMATIC.COM/ESSAY/THE-ENRIQUE-CAMARENA-CASE-
126034.ASPX