Take a stand during Red Ribbon Week

Danny Federico reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com Red Ribbon Week is a national drug-use prevention campaign that begins each year on Oct. 23 and ends on Oct. 31. The Red Ribbon Campaign was created in 1985 by the National Family Partnership, formerly the National Federation of Parents for Drug Free Youth, following the death of Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent. Camarena, who was working undercover in Guadalajara, Mexico, helped lead the DEA to a tip resulting in the discovery of a multimillion-dollar marijuana manufacturing operation in Chihuahua, Mexico. On Feb. 7, 1985, the 37-year-old man was kidnapped and tortured to death. “In honor of Cam