The fate of Enrique ("Kiki") Camarena Salazar still infuriates his colleagues in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. At 37, Camarena was an aggressive and resourceful U.S. drug agent, deftly juggling a network of contacts in his native Mexico and setting the stage for major busts. Three years ago, the muscular ex-Marine was kidnaped near the U.S. consulate in Guadalajara, savagely beaten and interrogated by nearly 50 inquisitors. A Mexican pilot employed by Camarena was kidnaped and beaten as well. A month later the bodies of the two men were discovered by the side of the road near a ranch some 65...
Latin America Flames of Anger
Washington heats up its war against drugs south of the border
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