[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17797]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



IN MEMORY OF CARLOS CACERES COLLAZO, U.S. CITIZEN KILLED IN EAST TIMOR 
                                VIOLENCE

  (Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO. Mr. Speaker, the news last week of the brutal 
murder of the three United Nations workers in West Timor, Indonesia at 
the hands of an angry mob has faded to the back pages of the country's 
daily newspapers.
  But for the family the only U.S. citizen killed in that attack, 
Carlos Caceres Collazo, a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, the agony of 
the tragedy is still sinking in.
  Carlos Caceres Collazo joined the United Nations High Commission on 
Refugees in 1995 and chose to work in the dangerous field of providing 
humanitarian aid to refugees in troubled spots such as East Timor.
  The tragic death of this bright man, a graduate of Cornell University 
Law School and the University of Florida, underscores the frailty of 
human life, but it also highlights the strength and valor of answering 
the call to those who serve those in need.
  Mr. Speaker, I never met Carlos Caceres, but it comes as no surprise 
to me to learn that he, like so many Puerto Ricans before him, gave his 
life to defend the rights of others continuing a tradition of public 
service.

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