Officer Rank: Special Agent
Memorial Panel: 58-W: 10
Department: Drug Enforcement Administration
End of Watch: 02/09/1985
Cause: Beating
Age: 37
Length of Service: 15
Special Agent Camarena, assigned to the Guadalajara, Mexico Resident Office, was kidnapped in Guadalajara and tortured and beaten to death by Mexican drug traffickers. It is believed that Special Agent Camerena’s death actually occurred on February 9. His body was discovered on March 5, 1985.
