Trumps terror designation for Mexican drug cartels allows slain DEA agents grateful family to sue narco group and hold his killers accountable
Relatives of slain Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena filed a lawsuit against the Sinaloa Cartel and three of its kingpins on Thursday – a move only made possible after President Trump clamped down on the murderous drug trafficking group. The lawsuit filed in California federal court by Camarena’s widow, children, and siblings seeks to hold gangbangers Rafael Caro Quintero, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo and the Sinaloa Cartel, which Trump designated a foreign terrorism organization in January, responsible for the DEA agents 1985 torture and murder. “It has been 40 years since these men and their deadly criminal enterprise ended my husband’s life, which he dedicated to stopping traffickers from flooding our country with dangerous criminals, narcotics, and violence,” Geneva “Mika” Camarena, the widow of Kiki Camarena, said in a statement. “We are so grateful that President Trump designated the cartels as terrorist organizations, which finally allows my family and me to seek justice,” she added. Camarena’s family is taking advantage of the recent terror designation against the Sinaloa Cartel to use the federal Anti-Terrorism Act to seek damages for international terrorism, assault and battery, wrongful death and the infliction of emotional distress related to the DEA agent’s killing. If their lawsuit succeeds, the court could award assets controlled by the Sinaloa Cartel to the Camarena family. Quintero was convicted in Mexico for being the mastermind behind Camarena’s kidnapping, torture and murder. The 72-year-old co-founder of the Guadalajara Cartel, a predecessor to the Sinaloa Cartel, was shipped by Mexico to the US last month, where he was charged with murder conspiracy, drug trafficking conspiracy and several other crimes for which he could face the death penalty. Carrillo and Gallardo are both serving time in Mexico under house arrest for their role in Camarena’s murder.�...