Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990)

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Drug Wars: The Camarena Story is a 1990 TV mini-series based on Elaine Shannon’s book Desperados and the Time magazine article of the same name. It was directed by Brian Gibson and starred Steven Bauer, Miguel Ferrer, Benicio del Toro, Treat Williams and Craig T. Nelson. It was the second most watched NBC mini-series of the year following The Kennedys and was followed up in 1992 with Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel starring Dennis Farina.

Original Release

01/07/1990 on NBC

US Release

01/07/1990

Cast

Tomas Milian	Florentino Ventura
Danny Trejo	Gabriel
James Karen	Aide
Art Bonilla	Federale at Airport
Guy Boyd	George Gilliard
Steven Bauer	Enrique 'Kiki' Camarena
Kenny Morrison	Enrique Camarena Jr
Miguel Ferrer	Tony Riva
Gregory Cruz	Torres-Lepe
Mike Moroff	El Samy Ramirez

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Part 1	Sunday, 07 January 1990
2	Part 2	Monday, 08 January 1990
3	Part 3	Tuesday, 09 January 1990

Directors

Brian Gibson

Writers

Elaine Shannon, Rose Schacht, Ann Powell, Mel Frohman, Christopher Canaan, Michael Mann

Cast

Tomas Milian	Florentino Ventura
Danny Trejo	Gabriel
James Karen	Aide
Art Bonilla	Federale at Airport
Guy Boyd	George Gilliard
Steven Bauer	Enrique 'Kiki' Camarena
Kenny Morrison	Enrique Camarena Jr
Miguel Ferrer	Tony Riva
Gregory Cruz	Torres-Lepe
Mike Moroff	El Samy Ramirez
Rosalind Chao	Thanh Steinmetz
Biff Yeager	FBI Forensics Man
Robert Lesser	Varona's Lawyer
Raymond J. Barry	Jack Lawn
Tito Larriva	Singer / Self
Daniel Zacapa	Abel Reynoso
Valentin de Vargas	Valdez
Geoffrey Rivas	Pablo Seguno
Aharon Ipalé	Atty. Gen. Ramirez
Steven Barr	INS Cop

Producers

Michael Mann	Executive Producer
Richard Brams	Executive Producer
Branko Lustig	Producer
Mark Allan	Producer
Christine A. Sacani	Producer
Christopher Canaan	Producer
Johnny Lattanzio	Producer
Ann Powell	Producer
Rose Schacht	Producer

Editors

Kevin Krasny, Skip Schoolnik

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1991	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Nominated
1990	Emmy	Outstanding Miniseries	Won
1990	Emmy	Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries or a Special	Nominated