It did not begin very pleasent. It began with kidnapping, touture and brutal murder of drug enforcment administration agent Enrique  Camarena in 1985. He was undercover in Guadalajara, Mexico for 4 years. The successful eradication of this and other drug production operations angered leaders of several drug cartels who sought revenge. On February 7, 1985 ,they kidnapped Agent Camarena and his pilot Captain Alfredo Zavala-Avelar. In his hometown Calexico,the public out pouring with support turned into an organized community response in which citizens dawned red ribbons.