The mutilated body of DEA Agent Enrique Camarena sparks the largest manhunt in DEA history. Suspected in the murder the Padrino [Godfather] the Mexican drug lord himself, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo.
El Padrino controlled drug trafficking in Mexico, until he made a momentous error in judgement by ordering the murder of Camarena. The hit on Camarena was “a settling of scores” as Camarena brought down the massive Buffalo Ranch marijuana farm. Costing Gallardo billions. Gallardo was not satisfied in simply taking Camarena’s life, he ordered a physician to bring him back from the brink of death, so he could once again be tortured.
Multiply times. Gallardo until that point ran all border trafficking, and change the dynamic of trafficking when demanding the Colombian pay for usage of Mexico’s drug routes not only by cash but also by cocaine, expanding Mexican trafficking from heroin and marijuana to include cocaine.
This excellent video by WMR productions includes narco twist and turns of history and should be viewed by anyone interested in the Mexican Narco War as a good base of knowledge.
