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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1032 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States 

should continue to assist the Mexican Government in fighting the drug 

cartels and curbing violence against Mexican and United States citizens, 

both in the United States and abroad. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 21, 2010 

Ms. CHU submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

the United States should continue to assist the Mexican 

Government in fighting the drug cartels and curbing 

violence against Mexican and United States citizens, both 

in the United States and abroad. 

Whereas Mr. Agustin Roberto ‘‘Bobby’’ Salcedo was senselessly murdered on December 31, 2009, at the young age 

of 33 while vacationing with his family in the city of 

Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico; 

Whereas Bobby Salcedo was a rising star in the community, 

had just been elected to his second term as a member of 

the El Monte City School Board, and served as the vice 

principal and football coach at his alma mater, Mountain 

View High School; 


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Whereas Bobby Salcedo was studying for his doctorate in 

educational leadership at the University of California, 

Los Angeles, after having earned his bachelor’s degree in 

history from California State University, Long Beach, 

and a master’s degree in educational administration from 

California State University, San Bernardino; 

Whereas Bobby Salcedo, the son of immigrant parents, 

sought to chart a better course for his entire community, 

serving as a local leader for such organizations as the 

South El Monte/Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico Sister 

City Organization; 

Whereas, on December 31, 2009, Mr. Salcedo was having 

dinner in a restaurant with family and friends when a 

group of armed and masked men burst in and forcibly removed Mr. Salcedo and 5 other men; 

Whereas Mr. Salcedo was killed execution-style with a single 

gunshot to the head; 

Whereas Bobby Salcedo’s body, along with the bodies of the 

5 other men, was found several hours later dumped in a 

field near a canal; 

Whereas Bobby Salcedo, as well as the 5 other men who were 

killed, had no connection to the Mexican drug trade; 

Whereas the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been asked 

by the Mexican Government to assist in investigating the 

death of Mr. Salcedo; 

Whereas the Federal Government should provide the Mexican 

Government any assistance necessary to bring Mr. 

Salcedo’s killers to justice; 

Whereas the violence in Mexico has historically involved disputes between warring drug cartels, Mr. Salcedo’s tragic 


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death is the result of the recent and pervasive surge in 

violence against innocent bystanders; 

Whereas the Mexican drug cartels are major producers and 

suppliers to the United States market for heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana and the major transit country for cocaine sold in the United States; 

Whereas the Department of Justice has identified Mexican 

drug trafficking organizations as the greatest drug trafficking threat to the United States worldwide; 

Whereas Mexican drug cartels have repatriated huge sums of 

money to Mexico from drug sales in the United States, 

estimated to range from $15,000,000,000 to 

$25,000,000,000 annually; 

Whereas the Mexican Government estimates that 2,000 guns 

are smuggled from the United States into Mexico every 

day; 

Whereas the Mexican drug cartels have become increasingly 

violent, killing at least 5,600 people in 2008 and more 

than 7,000 people in 2009; 

Whereas the Mexican State of Durango is one of the most 

violent with more than 700 recorded gang related killings 

in 2009; 

Whereas the Mexican Government, under President Felipe 

Caldero ́n, has significantly increased its efforts to stop 

the drug cartels and end the violence, deploying some 

45,000 troops and 5,000 police throughout Mexico; 

Whereas the United States has appropriated over 

$1,300,000,000 under the Me ́rida Initiative to Mexico to 

help break the power and impunity of the drug cartels, 

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tice system, curtail gang activity in Mexico, and diminish 

demand for drugs in the region; and 

Whereas the United States should continue to assist the 

Mexican Government in fighting the drug cartels and 

curbing violence against United States and Mexican citizens both in the United States and abroad: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that— 

3 (1) all efforts should be made to find those re4 sponsible for the violent drug-related killings of in5 nocent United States and Mexican citizens through6 out Mexico, including the people who killed Mr. 

7 Salcedo; 

8 (2) the extreme violence by the Mexican drug 

9 cartels has affected and continues to affect the lives 

10 of thousands of innocent people in Mexico, the 

11 United States, and around the world; and 

12 (3) the United States Congress should continue 

13 to support bilateral cooperation between the United 

14 States and Mexico to break the power of the Mexi15 can drug cartels, curtail violence, reduce arms traf16 ficking, and diminish the demand for drugs through17 out North America. 

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