Green’s Dictionary of Slang

camarada de aquella n.

[Sp., lit. ‘a good friend is coming’]

(US) a general term of high praise for an individual, a number one guy.

[US]R. Ramos ‘An Ethnographic Study of Heroin Abuse by Mexican Americans in San Antonio, Texas’ on Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse 🌐 Before leaving El Paso, several high-status tecatos gave him the names of several friends of similar status in San Antonio and told him that they would contact the San Antonio tecatos: ‘Ponemos el alambre pa San Anto que les va caer un camarada de aquella’ or ‘we’ll put out the wire (i.e. word) that a good friend is coming.’.