IV 
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 sense-
lessly 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 re-
moved 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 dis-
putes 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, meth-
amphetamine, and marijuana and the major transit coun-
try for cocaine sold in the United States; 
Whereas the Department of Justice has identified Mexican 
drug trafficking organizations as the greatest drug traf-
ficking 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, 
assist the Mexican Government in strengthening its mili-
tary organizations, help improve the capacity of its jus-
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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 citi-
zens both in the United States and abroad: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) all efforts should be made to find those re-
sponsible for the violent drug-related killings of in-
nocent United States and Mexican citizens through-
out Mexico, including the people who killed Mr. 
Salcedo; 
(2) the extreme violence by the Mexican drug 
cartels has affected and continues to affect the lives 
of thousands of innocent people in Mexico, the 
United States, and around the world; and 
(3) the United States Congress should continue 
to support bilateral cooperation between the United 
States and Mexico to break the power of the Mexi-
can drug cartels, curtail violence, reduce arms traf-
ficking, and diminish the demand for drugs through-
out North America. 
Æ 
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