Ted Kaye was a senior member of the United States Department of State.
After the arrest of Rubén Zuno Arce, Kaye instructed DEA Special Agent Walt Breslin to end Operation Leyenda and close the book on Enrique Camarena Salazar's killing by the Guadalajara cartel in order to further the USA's economic relationship with Mexico.
After the arrest of Guadalajara cartel kingpin Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo in April 1989, Kaye presented Edward Heath and Breslin a certificate for the successful completion of Leyenda, despite being oblivious to that fact he met Breslin years before and instructed him to end the operation.