By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Federal authorities are investigating new bombshell allegations that a CIA operative and DEA official conspired with a drug kingpin to torture and murder DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985.
Multiple witnesses who have been re-interviewed in the case told USA Today that Camarena may have been betrayed by his own country.
Whether American operatives were involved remains unknown, but the allegations are too explosive to ignore, officials said.
“You can’t just put it in a drawer and forget about it,” one official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the case.
Camarena’s widow, Mika, said authorities have told her they are investigating the allegations.
“I want the truth to be out,” told the publication. “At this point, nothing would surprise me.”
Witnesses who were re-interviewed shared startling allegations that U.S. officials had been secretly helping drug cartels. Those witnesses, former Mexican police officers Ramon Lira, Rene Lopez and George Godoy, who had worked as security guards for cartel kingpins, shared their accounts with the USA Today.
