The Most Famous
LAWYERS from Mexico
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Mexican Lawyers of all time. This list of famous Mexican Lawyers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Kiki Camarena (1947 - 1985)
With an HPI of 62.45, Kiki Camarena is the most famous Mexican Lawyer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar (July 26, 1947 – February 9, 1985) was an agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). In February 1985, Camarena was kidnapped by police officers hired by the Guadalajara cartel. After being brutally tortured for information, Camarena was eventually killed. The U.S. investigation into Camarena's murder led to ten trials in Los Angeles for Mexican nationals involved in the crime. The case continues to trouble U.S.–Mexican relations, most recently when Rafael Caro Quintero, one of the three convicted traffickers, was released from a Mexican prison in 2013. Caro Quintero was again captured by Mexican forces in July 2022, reigniting discussions surrounding Camarena’s murder and its impact on enforcing drug policies domestically and abroad. Several journalists, historians, former DEA and CIA agents, and Mexican police officers have written that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was complicit in Camarena's murder, because Camarena discovered CIA involvement in drug trafficking operations in Mexico, which were used to fund the Contras in Nicaragua. The CIA has denied the allegations.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Mexican lawyers born between 1947 and 1947. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Mexican lawyers include Kiki Camarena. As of April 2024, 1 new Mexican lawyers have been added to Pantheon including Kiki Camarena.
