[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 36 (Friday, March 25, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 25, 1994]
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  SENATE RESOLUTION 198--RELATING TO THE DEATH OF LUIS DONALDO COLOSIO

  Mr. DODD (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 198

       Whereas Luis Donaldo Colosio was selected by the 
     Institutional Revolutionary Party to be its official 
     candidate for the August Presidential elections in Mexico;
       Whereas Mr. Colosio had ably served the people of Mexico as 
     a government official in the administration of President 
     Carlos Salinas de Gortari; and had demonstrated during his 
     tenure as Secretary of Social Development a compassion for 
     the underprivileged and an understanding of the need for 
     economic and political reforms in order to better meet the 
     aspirations of all of the people of Mexico;
       Whereas Mr. Colosio had demonstrated that he was among the 
     most progressive and promising leaders of his country;
       Whereas, on March 23, during a campaign event in Tijuana in 
     the presence of more than one thousand people, Mr. Colosio 
     was savagely shot and killed;
       Whereas today the people of Mexico are mourning the tragic 
     and untimely death of Mr. Colosio: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate, That it
       (1) condemns this senseless act of violence;
       (2) joins with President Clinton on extending the 
     condolences of the American people to the people of Mexico, 
     and most especially to the Colosio family, who have all 
     endured a devastating and terrible loss; and
       (3) pledges the full and unequivocal support of the United 
     States to the government and people of Mexico during this 
     difficult and trying time.

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