MEXICO: VETERAN DEA OFFICER, MEXICAN PILOT KIDNAPED

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06788640
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
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• Document Creation Date: December 17, 2024
• Document Release Date: November 29, 2024
• Case Number: F-2021-00787
• Publication Date: February 25, 1985

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� Finally, on 11 February in Tehran, the office of Iran's revolutionary prosecutor
was reportedly attacked with rocket fire, and two-thirds of the building was
destroyed. Although no group claimed credit, the Mujahedin may have been
responsible
Mexico
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Philippines
Veteran DEA Officer, Mexican Pilot Kidnaped
On 7 February in Guadalajara, US Drug Enforcement Agency officer Enrique
Camarena Salazar was abducted by four armed men believed to be associated with
narcotics traffickers. In a probably related development, a Mexican pilot said to
have flown drug suppression missions in Mexico was reportedly abducted two
hours later. At the time of his abduction, Camarena was assigned to several cases
involving the numerous major drug traffickers and drug trafficking gangs known
to be operating in Mexico. The US Ambassador announced that, in view of this
kidnaping, US diplomatic installations in Mexico would increase their security
precautions, especially for other US Government personnel who might be targeted.
Sendero Luminoso's Glowing Welcome to Pope John Paul II
As the Pope's plane landed at Lima airport on 5 February, the group set off
explosions that felled electric powerline pylons, blacking out the city of 5 million
souls. Moments later on a montainside north of Lima, the group set ablaze a huge
hammer and sickle symbol, lighting up the sky. It wa ally imaginative
gesture for one of the most humorless groups around.
US Oil Company Hostages Rescued
On 9 February a previously unknown, probably local rebel group, the "Armed
Forces of the Military Democratic Council," took three US citizens hostage at the
site of their Esso Oil Company rig. One of the three was soon released to bring out
a communique. Later the other two hostages were released briefly and alternately
to ferry demands to the company and responses to the captors. Initial demands for
food, medicine, money, and a pullback of government troops were met, but other
demands for arms, radios, and air time on an international radiobroadcast were
turned down. On 13 February the Chadian armed forces attacked the site, freeing
the two hostages and reportedly killing two of their captors.
Hotel Fire Not Act of Terrorism
It has been determined that a major hotel fire in Manila that an ostensible
terrorist group had claimed credit for setting was instead the result of arson
committed by disgruntled hotel employees. The 13 February fire at the Manila
Regent Hotel left at least 27 persons dead, including five Americans. A previously
unheard-from group called the "Angels" claimed it had started the blaze in protest
against US and Japanese support for the regime of President Ferdinand Marcos.
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