[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14420]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE HONORING LIEUTENANT MARTIN CUELLAR, JR., ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                        HON. CHARLES A. GONZALEZ

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 24, 2007

  Mr. GONZALEZ. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Lieutenant Martin 
Cuellar, Jr., on his retirement from the Texas State Department of 
Public Safety, where he served in law enforcement for the past 25 
years.
  Lieutenant Cuellar has an extensive background in criminal justice 
and has trained with the Webb County Basic Peace Officer Training 
Academy, and the Department of Public Safety Trooper Academy. He is a 
graduate of the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and 
Command and earned an Associate of Applied Science in Criminal Justice 
from Laredo Community College. His criminal justice background helped 
him serve as a lieutenant with the Department of Public Safety in the 
narcotics service as a part of the Directed Intelligence Group, and as 
deputy sheriff with the Webb County Sheriff's Department.
  Lieutenant Cuellar has worked in open and covert investigations 
resulting in seizures of thousands of pounds of narcotics throughout 
the State of Texas. He also has worked in conjunction with other law 
enforcement agencies in cases involving murder, kidnappings, and 
extortion, and in international investigations regarding shipment of 
narcotics with Federal and State law enforcement agencies in the United 
States and Mexico. He has also been recognized by the Department of 
Defense and the United States Army for his assistance in the return of 
a wounded U.S. soldier to the United States.
  While working in law enforcement, he met his wife, Veronica Cuellar, 
who is employed with the United States Probation Office. They have two 
beautiful children, Zachary and Casey, both of whom currently attend 
St. Augustine School in Laredo, Texas. I wish him and his family the 
best in his well-deserved retirement from an accomplished and highly 
regarded law enforcement career.
  Madam Speaker, I am honored to have had this time to recognize the 
dedication and commitment of Lieutenant Martin Cuellar, Jr., to the law 
enforcement community in south Texas.

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