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Ted Poe: It's been almost a year since David Hartley was gunned down by Zeta pirates on Falcon Lake in Texas. The Hartley family…

On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
It's been almost a year since David Hartley was gunned down by Zeta pirates on Falcon Lake in Texas. The Hartley family still has no suspect, no body, and no justice. David's wife, Tiffany, can't get any answers from our government since it apparently has abandoned the investigation of her husband's murder, so she has actually sued the government to get information. When ICE Agent Jaime Zapata was murdered in Mexico, the United States quickly pressured Mexico to investigate the homicide, as it should. But why is our government silent about finding who is responsible for killing David Hartley and other Americans murdered in lawless Mexico? On Monday, at a border forum I held in Brownsville, Texas, Tiffany Hartley said: ``The men who murdered David are right across the river. They aren't in Afghanistan; they aren't in Iraq. They're in our own backyard.'' The United States hunts down terrorists around the globe. It's time we hold Mexico accountable for finding the narcoterrorists in their country who murder Americans. And that's just the way it is. ____________________
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas
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Sep 21, 2011

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