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Mexico's Cartel Wars: The Torture and Murder of Agent Kiki Camarena | #438
February 26, 2026·1 hr 10 min·5 clips
DEA agents were forced to listen to tapes of their colleague Kiki Camarena being tortured for over 30 hours — with Rafael Caro Quintero's voice audible throughout.
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A cartel-war story that turns into a diplomatic incident.
RedHanded follows Kiki Camarena's abduction, torture, and murder with a tight focus that keeps the case moving and the stakes clear. It works best when it widens out from one disappearance to the cartel violence around it, letting the fallout sit beside the crime instead of…
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Press play for the abduction of DEA agent Kiki Camarena, a case that quickly becomes a diplomatic incident and still feels oddly timely.
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