On March 5, 1985, the countryside of San Lucas, in the Mexican state of Michoacan, was found by local farmers in the middle of a desert near a highway.
When the farmer opened the package, the scene inside made him immediately scattered and rushed to the police. Inside the package was a dead body that had been highly decomposed and crawled with maggots.
Even forensic doctors, accustomed to various tragic deaths, were extremely shocked by what happened to this victim:
The forensic doctor also analyzed a huge amount of amphetamines from the human tissues of the deceased, which is a strong stimulant, and its chemical derivative methamphetamine, which is the famous "methamphetamine".
Such a large dose of stimulants used on a person can keep him awake in the face of extreme pain.
That is, the victim may not be relieved until the last second before death.
Who is this victim? With whom did he form such a deep hatred that he would suffer hellish misfortune?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > the wrath of drug lords</h1>
One day a year before the rare and brutal murder, in a lavish mansion in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city, the homeowner Felix vented his furious fury like an out-of-control wild dog.
Around him, a group of his men were afraid and did not dare to make a sound.
Felix's anger was caused by the fact that a few days earlier, the Mexican government had dispatched 450 soldiers to destroy a "Buffalo farm" in allende, Chihuahua, under the cover of helicopter gunships.
The Buffalo Farm is a huge farm of up to 1,000 hectares and is estimated to be worth more than $8 billion a year, that is, $800 per square meter.
Such an astronomical number can only be achieved by one type of crop, and that is the drug raw material marijuana.
Yes, Felix's real identity is that of mexico's first generation of drug lords, who formed a monopoly organization "cartel" with his excellent communication skills and two other smaller drug lords, Carlo and Fonseca.
Headquartered in Guadalajara, they deliver hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana and other drugs to the United States every year.
Felix, Carlo, and Fonseca vowed to find the "culprit" who informed the Mexican government of the location of the cannabis plantation, and the corpse was broken into pieces to vent their anger.
In the case of drug dealers who are no different from demons, human life is not worth mentioning in front of money, let alone the "godfather of drugs" - Felix.
Felix differs from the average drug dealer in that he was originally an agent of mexico's Federal Judicial Police and a family bodyguard for Sinaloa Governor Sanchez.
It was through these political experiences that Felix was very good at dealing with relationships.
On the other hand, he was careful and thoughtful with his leader, Sanchez, and through Sanchez, he established a network of relationships with many political and judicial officials, of course, there were also various bribes with a large amount of drug money.
In Mexico, where the judiciary is corrupt, this move alone is enough to win over big people like the former director of the federal judicial police and the former director of Interpol in Mexico.
In contrast, the establishment of cartel drug cartels has allowed Mexican drug traffickers to fight small troubles from a small age to large-scale standardized production and trafficking.
They collected land, hired a large number of farmers, and cultivated cannabis on a large scale, so that the annual production of cannabis was calculated at 10,000 tons.
Ironically, because Mexican farmers struggling to get their feet dumped on cheap U.S. produce have found a different way to survive, the cartel group has gathered a large number of low-level supporters.
As for those who dared to oppose Felix, both civilians and officials have lost their lives. Throughout Mexico, no one dared to stand in his way.
So this time, there is no exception.
Soon, an inside piece of information from the Mexican government was in front of Felix:
A U.S. agent named Chichi Camoreira in Guadalajara sent a lot of evidence about cannabis plantations to the Mexican government, which is why the government had to act.
When it comes to a powerful America, it's a bit complicated. Felix gave Carlo the name Chichi Camorera and asked him to deal with it as soon as possible.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" > lonely iron man</h1>
Soon, almost all of Chichi Camorera's information was on the table of the drug lords.
Born on July 26, 1947 in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, he entered high school in California.
Between 1972 and 1974, Camorela served in the U.S. Marine Corps. After his military service, he returned to his hometown of Mexicali and became a local police officer.
To the relief of drug dealers, since Camorella is not a white American, there is no need to worry about him, and in Mexico, the police are a complete vulnerable group in the face of a well-capitalized drug cartel.
Camorera's current job and true identity have also been betrayed by corrupt government officials.
He had been one of the first employees of the newly formed Drug Enforcement Administration DEA since 1973, and now he is officially an employee of the DEA office in Guadalajara.
In fact, since 1981, Camorella has been lurking in Mexico, searching for all the evidence that drug cartels grow, process and transport drugs into the United States.
What kind of risks to take to participate in anti-drug work, and what kind of opponents to face, Camorella knew very well from day one.
His family disagreed with him in the job of pinning his head to his belt, and several times tried to persuade him to quit early and find another stable job, but Camorella said, "Even if I am left to fight alone, I must make a difference."
As a policeman, he has seen a large number of cases, drugs not only consume a lot of wealth of ordinary people, but also spread hepatitis, venereal diseases, AIDS and other malignant diseases through syringes; as well as a series of social problems such as labor loss, family destruction, and increased crime.
If the drug problem is not solved, the motherland of Mexico will become increasingly corrupt and degenerate, and there will never be a day to emerge, and the United States, which gave birth to itself, will sooner or later embark on this path.
Taking advantage of her mexican status, Camorella went deep into the front line, posing as a drug dealer, and figured out a clear route for the drug flow.
Over the past four years, the results of this work have been very fruitful, and various irreproachable cannabis plantations and drug production sites have been photographed and secretly sent back to the DEA headquarters in the United States.
The source of all evil is also coming out, pointing to the mysterious cartel group, as well as the three drug lords of Felix, Carlo, and Fonseca.
In Camorera's hands, of course, he also had enough ironclad evidence to make these three demons immortal.
Felix was not worried that the Mexican government would pose any threat to him personally, after all, he now had enough money to organize a private army no less than the government army.
Combined with his allies and eyeliner, thousands of poor farmers who depend on him for a living on his cannabis; the Mexican government has always turned a blind eye to his "business" and turned a blind eye.
However, Camorella's work was so excellent that the evidence transferred from the United States to the Mexican government could not be denied, and the Mexican government had no choice but to take the Buffalo farm to deal with the errands.
Felix, of course, could never swallow $8 billion in losses.
DEA is just a small department in its early 10s, with no huge budget or sufficient manpower.
In previous anti-drug operations, Felix had also assassinated several DEA employees, and it did not cause any movement on the Us side.
What's more, through secret channels, Felix also hooked up with the notorious, powerful department CIA.
Fearless, he decided to do a big vote this time, let DEA have a good understanding of his energy in Mexico, and completely dispel the idea of opposing himself.
After Felix took aim at Camorella, the drug agent's whereabouts in Mexico were no secret, and all his relatives, friends, and colleagues in Mexico were under the surveillance of drug dealers.
The DEA realized that Camorella was already facing a real threat to his life and decided to transfer him back to the United States as soon as possible to hide.
Who knew that the drug dealer Cartel's side was faster, and on February 7, 1985, Camorera received an invitation from his first girlfriend.
As a result, as he got out of the car, several people who claimed to be Mexican "government officials" suddenly appeared and forcibly took him to a mansion in the "Forest Garden" in the wealthy area of western Guadalajara.
Carlo, one of the three drug lords, is the owner of the mansion.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" > hell torture</h1>
Before Camorela got into the car, he knew that this short journey would lead to the end of his life; but what he did not expect was that because of his excellent work, the hatred of drug dealers for him had penetrated into the marrow.
Camoreira, who was tied into the hut, was first beaten by Carlo with a severe head and a face.
An enraged Carlo beat Uparella while torturing him about the Buffalo farm incident and forcing him to ask about his other colleagues in Mexico.
Camorera has nothing to say.
On the one hand, because DEA is understaffed, most of his four years in Mexico have been a lone hero, digging up evidence of drug trafficking alone;
On the other hand, he is indeed not at all the same as the average self-indulgent Mexican policeman, and he has a strong will and the consciousness of giving everything for the fight against drugs that is rare in ordinary people.
Distraught, Carlo ordered his men to take out the syringe barrel and inject Camorella with a large amount of amphetamine, followed by a series of unheard-of tortures on a muscle that had been trained in the Marine Corps.
According to the forensic report, for more than 30 hours, Camorela was tortured to at least smoke, fire, stampede, sexual assault, shooting, whipping, and almost all bones on his body were broken.
Fonseca, one of the three drug lords, had the family doctor on his side, adding a shot of amphetamine to wake him up every time Camoreira was about to faint.
After two full days and two nights of torture, Camorella's strong body could not sustain life.
At noon on February 9, the drug dealer leader, in a fuserie that had not subsided, smashed Camorera's last breath and smashed his head with steel bars.
This upright and heroic anti-drug agent was finally loaded into a car and dumped in the wilderness of Michoacan.
Reading Camorella's autopsy report is hardly a normal thing that ordinary people can do, and the entire DEA is shrouded in sadness and anger, and they vow to get justice for Camorella.
The DEA set up a task force with the fastest efficiency to launch an operation called "Legend", which targeted the three most angry drug lords.
Under strong pressure, President Reagan decided to strongly support the DEA's actions, so all Felix's relationships with the CIA could not be counted on.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" > drug lords are arrested</h1>
Although the ANTIA colleagues were eager to avenge Camoreira, they still had to cross great obstacles in the face of the cartel group, which was almost like the emperor of Mexico.
As mentioned earlier, the cartel group and government officials throughout Mexico are intertwined and deeply implicated, and Mexican officials have no strong incentive to take drastic action against dangerous drug cartels.
However, the power of the United States is not what small drug dealers dare to really challenge, and the ANTIA task force supported by the president sat down in Mexico, and the names felix, Carlo, and Fonseca soon came to the table.
Mexican President De la Madrid quickly approved the order to arrest Carlo and Fonseca, who was arrested on the spot in Guadalajara, who fled to Costa Rica and was soon extradited back to Mexico.
For felix, the most troublesome, the Mexican government still intends to do its best to cover it.
Because the torture of drug lords exceeds the human bottom line, the DEA repeatedly pressured Mexico to continue to avenge Camoreira despite the arrest of Felix, while continuing to use unconventional means.
They bypassed the lengthy and cumbersome normal judicial process and offered a $5 million bounty to take Alvarez, the family doctor who injected Camorella with stimulants, directly from Mexico to the United States for trial.
Once on the list of American targets, bounty hunters caught in the United States, as expensive as the brother-in-law of the former president of Mexico, also inserted wings.
Seeing that it was no longer possible to prevaricate, the Mexican government weighed the pros and cons and finally decided to arrest Felix, and the three drug lords were sentenced to 40 years in prison and imprisoned in the highest-ranking prison.
The cartel drug cartels that once actually ruled most of Mexico were wiped out.
The U.S. government welcomed back Camoreira's remains with the most solemn state funeral, and DEA did not hesitate to posthumously award the highest award, the "Honorary Award for The Chief", to the hero.
In the United States and the hometown of Mexico, commemorative buildings such as streets, libraries, primary and secondary schools named after Camoreira have been established, and a national anti-drug festival "Red Ribbon Week" has been set up in the United States to promote the unfinished business in front of the hero.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="14" > the symptoms are not cured</h1>
Camorella's courage and sacrifice deserve the admiration of people around the world who oppose drugs, but in addition to some honors behind him, his efforts against drugs in the United States and Mexico have never seen a day of victory.
The root cause of the rampant drug trafficking forces in Mexico is that powerful American agricultural groups have invaded Mexico through free trade, squeezing out the normal farming life of local farmers.
Drugs, on another level, are actually the helpless revenge of Mexican farmers against the United States.
And it is not only the Mexican government that colludes with drug dealers, but also the CIA in the United States, which is unscrupulous in order to accumulate wealth and self-interest, and drug trafficking revenues have become one of the important sources of funding for the CIA to carry out dirty tasks around the world.
So no matter how singable and touching Camorella's personal story is, it can't impress Mexican farmers who are surviving at the poverty line to abandon cannabis, the only crop that can be profitable.
After the cartel's three drug lords fell, their original little brother Gutman and others quickly rose to their place.
Today, the Mexican government is exhausted by generations of drug cartels that have sprung up throughout the country and have been forced to declare that the war against drug trafficking has ended in failure.
The drug problem in the United States has also begun to move towards the so-called "legalization of marijuana" dead end.
Camorella's real legacy is that DEA agents have since been able to handle cases in Mexico without any interference, and generations of drug lords have turned a blind eye to DEA people.