[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11634]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          KIDNAPPING OF FORMER MARINE ARMANDO TORRES IN MEXICO

  (Mr. HINOJOSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HINOJOSA. Madam Speaker, I rise to express my deep concern for 
former Marine Corporal Armando Torres, who is in this photograph here. 
He was kidnapped by members of the Mexican cartel during a visit to 
Tamaulipas, Mexico, while visiting his father and uncle.
  On May 14, 2013, 2 months ago, Mr. Torres crossed the Rio Grande 
River into Mexico and was 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 FBI 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 for the past 2 
months. 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 FBI and the U.S. State 
Department, and I urge them to continue to do all they can to find and 
return our former marine, Armando Torres, back safely to the United 
States and to bring his relatives back home. The United States does 
not, and must not, give up and leave one of its own behind.

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