Red Ribbon Week is the Nations oldest and largest drug prevention program.Special Agent Camarena was an 11-year DEA veteran assigned to the Guadalajara, Mexico, office. On February 7, 1985, he was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by Mexican drug traffickers. The first Red Ribbon Week celebrations were held in La Mirada and Norwalk, California. Shortly after his death, Congressman Duncan Hunter and Kiki’s high school friend Henry Lozano launched “Camarena Clubs” in Kiki’s hometown of Calexico, California. Hundreds of club members pledged to lead drug-free lives to honor the sacrifice made by Kiki Camarena. These pledges were delivered to First Lady Nancy Reagan at a national conference of parents combating with youth drug use. Several state parent organizations then called on community groups to wwear red ribbons for the last week of October as a symbol of their drug-free commitment. In 1988, the National Family Partnership coordinated the first National Red Ribbon Week, with President and Mrs. Reagan serving as honorary chairpersons.