History of Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week first began after the kidnapping, torture, and brutal murder of Drug Enforcement Admenestration toward Agent Enrique ”Kiki” Camerena in 1985. As a result of people who wanted revenge killed key informats. Later on Feb. 7th, 1985, they kidnapped agent Caramena and his pilot Captain Alfredo Zavala-Avelar (taken seperetly but on the same day). Soon representitives of the Mexican Federal Judical Police presented a tip to DEA agents claiming that agent Caremena had been mestakenly kidnapped by a man and his three kids.