Case Files
The documents and case files from the Camarena investigation and trials hold the key to separating fact from fiction, unsupported allegation from verifiable witness statement. We have compiled the most extensive collection of documents available on the Internet.
Quick Facts
- Agent Camarena was kidnapped on February 7, 1985
- The kidnapping occurred outside the American Consulate in Guadalajara
- Agent Camarena was taken to a home at 881 Lope de Vega where he was interrogated and tortured
- Agent Camarena’s body was found on March 5, 1985
- Guadalajara traffickers Rafael Caro-Quintero, Ernesto Fonseca, and Angel Miguel Felix Gallardo all were convicted of involvement in Agent Camarena’s death
- Three criminal trials in the United States resulted in a number of convictions
- Those convicted included Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros, a Honduran trafficker, and Ruben Zuno-Arce, the bother-in-law of a former president of Mexico
- Allegations have been made that the CIA and others in the U.S. government played a role in Agent Camarena’s abduction and murder
