EL PASO, Texas -- A drug enforcement agent whose brutal death sparked the national anti-drug Red Ribbon Campaign was honored this weekend with the dedication of a bronze bust and a memorial rally.
Enrique Kiki Camarena died in 1985 after drug traffickers abducted, beat and murdered him in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Camarena's widow, Geneva Mika Camarena, unveiled a bronze bust of her husband Friday. It's located at an El Paso Intelligence Center building named in his honor at Biggs Army Airfield.
She also spoke yesterday at a rally memorializing her late husband. More than 200 people attended the third annual Bi-National Red Ribbon Rally. It featured information booths on the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse, live music, skits, finger painting and a candlelight vigil.
Camarena has already been memorialized through the Red Ribbon Campaign, which was started in 1985 to commemorate his work. It asks young people to wear a red ribbon after pledging to stay away from drugs.
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