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Enrique Camarena\
1943-1985\
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It was February 7, 1985 at 2:00 p.m. a warm winter afternoon in
Guadalajara, Mexico, when U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
agent Enrique (Kiki) Camarena locked his badge and revolver in his desk
drawer and left to meet his wife for lunch. Kiki unsuspectingly crossed
the street to his pickup truck. While unlocking the doors to his
vehicle, he was grabbed by five men who shoved him into a beige
Volkswagen. One month later, his body was discovered in a shallow grave.
Kiki and his informant, Alfredo Zavala Avelar, were savagely and
grotesquely murdered.

Kiki joined the DEA in 1974 and asked to be transferred to Guadalajara,
Mexico, the center of the drug trafficking empire. While investigating a
multi-billion dollar drug scam, he confiscated thousands of pounds of
cocaine, and hundreds of thousands of pounds of marijuana. He suspected
the drug scam involved officers in the Mexican army, police and
government. Kiki was a believer that one person CAN make a difference
and he sacrificed his life to prevent drugs from entering the United
States.

In 1985, the National Federation of Parents for Drug Free Youth joined
with DEA and implemented a Red Ribbon campaign that spread to places as
far away as Europe. The National Red Ribbon Week is celebrated every
year October 23-31, and is dedicated to Kiki Camarena and all of the
people who have been wrongly killed due to the violence of drugs.

Since then, millions of Americans have gotten involved in, and been
touched by the Red Ribbon Campaign efforts. No other single drug
prevention movement has had such an impact on so many lives.

Red Ribbon Quiz

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| Try your hand at this Red Ribbon quiz, then check your answers by     |
| following the link below.  (Hint:  Read the Red Ribbon                |
| [History](http://www.redribboniowa.org/history.html) page first.)     |
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| 1.  Whose death triggered the Red Ribbon Campaign?                    |
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| 2.  When is Red Ribbon Week celebrated?                               |
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| 3.  Which city in Mexico was known as the center of a drug            |
|     trafficking empire?                                               |
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| 4.  How can I show my commitment to being drug free?                  |
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| 5.  What was Enrique\'s nickname?                                     |
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| 6.  For what agency did Enrique work?                                 |
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| 7.  What belief did Enrique have that inspired the Red Ribbon         |
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| 8.  Where can I get more information or help about alcohol or drugs?  |
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| 9.  What are 10 things you can do or say if someone offers you drugs? |
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Answers to Quiz

1.  Enrique Camarena

2.  From October 23 - 31 every year

3.  Guadalajara, Mexico

4.  By wearing a red ribbon during Red Ribbon Week and being drug free
    all year long

5.  Kiki

6.  Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

7.  One person can make a difference

8.  Call the toll-free Alcohol & Drug Hotline

9.  [Give a reason:]{.underline}  I don\'t drink.\
    [Broken record]{.underline}:  No thanks, no thanks, no thanks.\
    [Change the subject]{.underline}:  I have to go to practice.\
    [Use humor]{.underline}:  Sorry, I have a date with a super model.\
    [Suggest something different to do]{.underline}:  Hey, let\'s go to
    a movie.\
    [Give them a compliment]{.underline}:  I like your jacket.  Where
    did you get it?\
    [State the facts]{.underline}:  I don\'t like being out of control.\
    [Cold shoulder]{.underline}:  Ignore the person.\
    [Avoid the situation]{.underline}:  If you know they use, find other
    friends.\
    [Walk away]{.underline}.