Judy Chu: “Last weekend a tragedy sent shock waves through the U.S. and Mexico when three U.S. consulate employees and their family…”

“Last weekend a tragedy sent shock waves through the U.S. and Mexico when three U.S. consulate employees and their family were brutally murdered in Mexico by the drug cartels. They were all headed home from a birthday party when gunmen opened fire on the car of Lesley Enriquez, an employee of the U.S. consulate and her husband. Their 7-month-old infant, crying in the back seat, was miraculously unharmed. Minutes later, Jorge Salcido, husband of a consulate employee, was shot to death. His two young children suffered serious injuries in the back seat of the car. This is the latest in the string of attacks on innocent American and Mexican citizens, including Bobby Salcedo, an elected official and rising star from my district in El Monte, California, who was recently murdered in a shocking execution in Durango, Mexico. The murderers of these employees and of Bobby Salcedo must be brought to justice and the U.S. must renew and increase efforts to help Mexico bring an end to the terror of the drug cartels. This violence must be stopped.”