Drawing from extensive research and investigation, reeling from the murder of a close friend, James Butler and Erica Walsh are pulled back into the shadow world of Mexican cartels and the CIA. Seeking to avenge the murder of their friend with only his haphazard notes to guide them, they puzzle through the possible connections searching for anything concrete. As they investigate his murder, and his notes, they find unsettling links between drug trafficking, American gangs, the CIA, and the opioid epidemic.
Someone Had to Die follows a fictional lawyer as he digs into the true story of Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena’s abduction and murder in 1985, drawing from and exposing interviews and facts never before published.
There’s always the one case that got away, the one with loose ends and a lack of closure that plagues those who investigate it.
For James Butler, a partner in a prestigious boutique law firm in Orange County, that case is the 1985 murder of DEA Special Agent Enrique Camarena in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Though the murder occurred more than 35 years ago, James can’t shake the nagging feeling that maybe the investigators missed something. The more James digs into this cold case, the more unwanted attention he gathers from powerful forces on both sides of the border who would prefer to keep the case closed.
Someone Had to Die follows a fictional lawyer as he digs into the true story of Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena’s abduction and murder in 1985, drawing from and exposing interviews and facts never before published.
Reeling from the sudden death of a close friend, James Butler and Erica Walsh are pulled back into the shadow world of Mexican cartels and the CIA. Seeking to avenge the murder of their friend with only his haphazard notes to guide them, they puzzle through the possible connections searching for anything concrete. As they investigate his murder, and his notes, they find unsettling links between drug trafficking, American gangs, the CIA, and the opioid epidemic.
This website contains an extensive collection of documents relating to the Camarena case, which primarily are segregated into two categories. First, there are documents relating to the investigation, including DEA-6 reports, and other contemporaneous documents. Second, we have compiled transcripts and appellate briefs from the three criminal trials held in U.S. federal courts.
“Cartels, Conspiracies, and Camarena” provides an in-depth analysis of the 1985 murder of DEA Special Agent Enrique Camarena, inlcuding many of the conspiracy theories relating to his death. The podcast will analyze and rebut many of those conspiracy theories by relying on more than 30 years of work on the case, an extensive collection of case-related documents, and interviews with key witnesses.
