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-

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