[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 78 (Wednesday, June 5, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        THE KIDNAPPING OF FORMER MARINE ARMANDO TORRES IN MEXICO

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                          HON. RUBEN HINOJOSA

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 5, 2013

  Mr. HINOJOSA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my deep concern for 
former Marine Corporal Armando Torres who was reportedly kidnapped by 
members of the Mexican Cartel during a visit to Las Barrancas, 
Tamaulipas, Mexico while visiting his father and uncle.
  On May 14, 2013, Mr. Torres crossed on an Internat'l bridge into 
Mexico and had planned to return the next day. Family members in Mexico 
report that Mr. Torres along with his father and uncle were forcibly 
taken by members of the Mexican Cartel.
  Corporal Torres is a combat veteran who served his country honorably 
in Iraq. I have asked the F.B.I in McAllen, Texas and the U.S. 
Consulate General in Matamoros, Mexico to help bring this marine and 
his relatives back safely to their loved ones. Each agency has been 
working on this case every day. They report the Mexican Government is 
cooperating with them on their efforts to find the victims of this 
outrageous crime.
  I commend the quick action taken by both the F.B.I. and the U.S. 
State Department. I urge them to continue to do all they can to find 
and return our former Marine, Armando Torres, back safely to the U.S. 
and to bring his relatives back home.

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