[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1315]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 AMERICAN TEENAGERS MURDERED IN MEXICO

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Juarez, Mexico, is one of the most 
dangerous cities in the world, experiencing a fierce turf war between 
drug cartels. More than 3,000 people were murdered there in 2010 alone. 
Three triple homicides occurred just this past weekend. Also, two 
American teenagers, Carlos Bermudez and Juan Echeverri, were brutally 
murdered in the weekend shootings.
  Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas, as well as the rest of the 
border, is a lawless war zone controlled by the violent drug cartels. 
Despite the continued loss of American life, the United States 
Government refuses to admit that there is a war on the southern border. 
This violence is a lethal cancer and is spreading quickly into the 
United States. The narcoterrorists do not recognize international 
lines. This is a matter of national security, and it is the 
responsibility of the Federal Government to protect the border.
  Meanwhile, the administration has proposed a whopping $53 billion in 
high-speed rail subsidies. Instead of more choo-choo trains, that money 
should go to the national border security defense.
  And that's just the way it is.

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