Red Ribbon Week

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Enrique "Kiki" Camarena grow up in a dirt-floored house with hopes and dreams of making a difference.

Camarena worked his way through college, served in the Marines, and became a police office. When he decided to join the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), his mother tried to talk him out it. "I can't not do this," he told her. "I'm only one person, but I want to make a difference."

The DEA sent Camarena to work undercover in Mexico investigating a major drug cartel believed to include officers in the Mexican army, police and government. On Feb. 7 1985, the 37-year-old Camarena left his office to meat his wife for lunch. 5 men appeared at the agent's side and shoved him in a car. One month later, Camarena's body was found in a shallow grave. He had been tortured to death.

In honor of Camarena's memory and his battle against illegal drugs, friends and neighbors begun to wear red badges of satin. Parents, sick of the destruction of alcohol and other drugs, had begun firming coalitions. Some of these new coalitions took Camarena as their model and embraced his belief that on person can make a difference. These coalitions also adopted the symbol of Camarena's memory, the red ribbon. 

Today, Red Ribbon Week is nationally recognized and celebrated, helping to preserve Special Agent Camarena’s memory and further the cause for which he gave his life. The Red ribbon Campaign also became a symbol of support for the DEA’s efforts to reduce the demand for drugs through prevention and education programs. Be wearing a red ribbon during the last week in October, Americans demonstrate their ardent opposition to drugs. They pay homage not only to Special Agent Camarena, but to all men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in support of hour nation’s struggle against drug trafficking and abuse.

Sources: http://www.imdrugfree.com/ and http://www.tcada.state.tx.us/redribbon/