[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 13, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H44]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING BOBBY SALCEDO

  (Ms. CHU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. CHU. I rise today to speak of a shocking murder and a tragic loss 
to my California district. On New Year's eve, Bobby Salcedo was in a 
restaurant with family and friends in Durango, Mexico when gunmen burst 
in, took six of the men away, and shot each one to death execution 
style. Bobby was only 33 years old.
  With Bobby, they murdered an exemplary U.S. citizen. He was an 
elected member of the El Monte City School District Board. He returned 
to his alma mater, Mountain View High School, to become its assistant 
principal. He was studying for his doctorate in education at UCLA. He 
dedicated his life to helping youth and was a rising star in our 
community.
  Bobby's death shows that the violence done by Mexican drug cartels is 
not in some faraway land; its tentacles affect us in the U.S. all too 
closely. For the sake of Bobby Salcedo, we must end the violence of the 
Mexican drug cartels. My heart goes out to the family.

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