[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 181 (Tuesday, November 29, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H7901]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           COMING TO AMERICA

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, those who say that the border is 
secure and the violence is contained in Mexico are living in a blissful 
state of ignorance. Case in point: Last week, according to the Houston 
Chronicle, three SUVs carrying Mexican Zeta cartel soldiers tried to 
hijack a tractor truck rig loaded with drugs on a road in north 
Houston. They unleashed blazing gunfire. A shootout occurred with 
police who were tracking the truck from Mexico. The truck driver was 
killed and a peace officer was wounded. Three Mexican nationals and 
another of unknown citizenship were charged with capital murder.
  The local head of the DEA, Javier Pena, said, ``we are not going to 
tolerate these thugs using their weapons like the Wild Wild West.'' 
Sadly, this brazen case of violence is a familiar scene on the streets 
of Mexico. And now it has become a reality in the United States.
  Until Washington realizes what happens in Mexico doesn't stay in 
Mexico, more cartel shoot-outs on American streets are coming our way.
  And that's just the way it is.

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