| Chronological
Order of Events
February 7, 1985,
S/A Enrique Camarena and Mexican Pilot Alfredo Zavala-Avelar were
kidnapped separately in Guadalajara, Mexico.
February 9,
The
Mexican Federal Judicial Police (MFJP) assumed investigative
jurisdiction over the case at the insistence of the U.S. A key
suspect, Rafael CAROP-Quintero, flew out of Guadalajara with the
knowledge of both the MFJP and the Directorate of Federal Security
(DFS).
Mid-February,
Traffic
jams accompanied several days of vehicle searching at the
U.S./Mexican border as part of the Camarena investigation.
March 2,
The
MFJP made a controversial raid on a small ranch near Vista
Hermosa, CA 60 miles from Guadalajara, killing five alleged
suspects (a MFJP officer also was killed).
March 6,
Two
bodies were found by the roadside, 900 meters from the ranch where
the MFJP raid occurred.
March 7-8,
The
bodies were positively identified by the Deputy Chief of the Armed
Forces Institute of Pathology and two FBI forensic experts.
March 8,
S/A
Camarena’s body was flown to San Diego aboard a U.S. Air Force
transport plane.
March 9,
Camarena’s
body was flown to Calexico, CA aboard a Customs Service helicopter
for cremation, private service and burial.
March 11,
Secretary
of State Schultz and Mexican Foreign Secretary Bernardo Sepulvega
met in Washington to discuss the war on drugs, including the
Camarena case.
March 17,
The
Mexican media reported that 11 persons were arrested and
interrogated, and two Jalisco state police officers were charged
with the kidnapping. Arrest orders were reported issued for seven
traffickers, including Caro-Quintero, on kidnap/murder charges.
March,
Attorney
General Meese and Mexican Attorney General Sergio Garcia-Ramirez
met in Washington to further discuss the drug situation, including
the Camarena case.
April 4, Caro-Quintero
was arrested in San Jose by Costa Rican authorities acting on DEA
information; Caro-Quintero was flown to Mexico the following day. |
