H. Res. 1032 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

March 9, 2010. 

Whereas Mr. Agustin Roberto ‘‘Bobby’’ Salcedo, a United 

States citizen and resident of California, 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; 

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

dinner in Mexico 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 the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been asked 

by the Government of Mexico to assist in investigating 

the death of Mr. Salcedo; 

Whereas innocents are directly impacted by drug-related violence in Mexico; 

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 90 percent of the cocaine sold in the United 

States; 

Whereas the National Drug Intelligence Center, a component 

of the U.S. Department of Justice, has identified Mexican drug trafficking organizations as ‘‘the greatest drug 

trafficking threat to the United States’’; 

Whereas the illegal trafficking of firearms, including from the 

United States to Mexico, contributes to drug-related violence, and the United States–Mexico Joint Statement on 

the Merida Initiative on October 22, 2007, stated that 

the United States will ‘‘continue to combat trafficking of 

weapons and bulk currency to Mexico.’’; 
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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, where Bobby 

Salcedo’s execution took place, is one of the most violent 

with more than 700 recorded gang related killings in 

2009; 

Whereas the Government of President Felipe Calderon has 

significantly stepped up Mexico’s efforts to confront the 

drug cartels and end the violence, deploying some 45,000 

troops and 5,000 police throughout Mexico; and 

Whereas the United States Congress has appropriated over 

$1,300,000,000 under the Merida Initiative to help Mexico break the power and impunity of the drug cartels, assist the Government of Mexico in strengthening its judicial and law enforcement institutions, curtail gang activity in Mexico, and disrupt demand for and distribution of 

drugs in the region: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

(1) expresses sorrow at the death of Mr. Agustin 

Roberto ‘‘Bobby’’ Salcedo; 

(2) supports continued cooperation between the 

United States Government and the Government of Mexico to help identify and convict Mr. Salcedo’s killers; 

(3) calls on the Governments of the United States 

and Mexico to increase cooperation to prosecute those 

responsible for the drug-related killings of innocents in 

Mexico, be they United States or Mexican citizens; and 
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(4) reaffirms its continued support for bilateral cooperation with Mexico to break the power of the Mexican 

drug cartels and turn the tide of violence. 

Attest: 

Clerk.