[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 85 (Thursday, June 29, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H5441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        INTERNATIONAL ABDUCTION

  (Mr. LAMPSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, today I want to talk about Marcus Farina, 
one of the 10,000 American children who have been abducted to foreign 
countries. Marcus was abducted when he was 5\1/2\ years old by his 
noncustodial father, Sergio Farina. It is believed he was taken to 
South America.
  Mr. Farina picked up Marcus on December 6, 1991, for his first court-
ordered unsupervised visit and never returned. Marcus's mother, 
Patricia Rose Diggs, has been working diligently on this case since his 
abduction. Evidence came to light that Mr. Farina went to Brazil before 
he went to Uruguay. It is believed Mr. Farina left Marcus in South 
America and has traveled without him. He still has family who live in 
Uruguay, and they have all been interviewed by law enforcement to no 
avail.
  The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has created a 
poster on the child, and it now includes an age-progressed picture of 
Mr. Farina. Mr. Farina is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese 
and has many friends and contacts throughout South America.
  Mr. Speaker, Marcus's mother and others like her need our help. 
Children deserve and need to grow up with both parents in their lives. 
I hope that my colleagues will continue to work with me to bring our 
children home.

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