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Kiki Camarena

1947 - 1985

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Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar (July 26, 1947 – February 9, 1985) was a Mexican-American agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). In February 1985, Camarena was kidnapped by police officers hired by the Guadalajara Cartel. After being brutally tortured for information, Camarena was eventually killed. The U.S. investigation into Camarena's murder led to ten trials in Los Angeles for Mexican nationals involved in the crime. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kiki Camarena is the 31st most popular lawyer (up from 32nd in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Mexico (up from 89th in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Kiki Camarena ranks 31 out of 136Before him are Raphael Lemkin, Peter Benenson, Al-Tahawi, Al-Mawardi, Irnerius, and Fabian von Schlabrendorff. After him are Warren Christopher, Ewald Georg von Kleist, John Kerr, Baldus de Ubaldis, Scooter Libby, and Hans Gross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Kiki Camarena ranks 139Before him are Margaret Chan, Gérard Houllier, Richard Jenkins, Jerzy Stuhr, Viktor Suvorov, and Branko Oblak. After him are Ian Anderson, Florian Schneider, Edward James Olmos, Kazimierz Deyna, Alexander Rutskoy, and Princess Christina of the Netherlands. Among people deceased in 1985, Kiki Camarena ranks 46Before him are Kirill Moskalenko, Henry Hathaway, The Singing Nun, Ian Stewart, Abe Lenstra, and John G. Trump. After him are Donald O. Hebb, Méret Oppenheim, Alexander Pokryshkin, Ruth Gordon, Lina Heydrich, and Taizo Kawamoto.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Kiki Camarena ranks 62 out of 729Before him are José Clemente Orozco (1883), Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada (1948), José María Morelos (1765), Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1948), Axayacatl (1449), and Acamapichtli (1325). After him are Miguel de la Madrid (1934), Katy Jurado (1924), Antonio Carbajal (1929), Subcomandante Marcos (1957), Ricardo Montalbán (1920), and Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956).

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Among lawyers born in Mexico, Kiki Camarena ranks 1