Ted Poe: “It has been 5 months since David Hartley was brutally murdered by pirates on Falcon Lake. His body remains missing, and…”

“It has been 5 months since David Hartley was brutally murdered by pirates on Falcon Lake. His body remains missing, and those responsible for this border murder remain at large. Shamefully, the only American peace officer apparently still working on this case is Sheriff Sigi Gonzalez of Zapata County. He has identified four of the seven shooters as Zeta Cartel members. At least there's still somebody on the case. The local sheriffs cannot do the job that they are supposed to do of protecting their counties while doing the Federal Government's job of protecting the border as well. Sixty-five Americans were murdered in Mexico last year, and not one case has been solved. Unfortunately, some of the Mexican border law enforcement personnel are in cahoots with the drug cartels. That relationship breeds incompetence and corruption. Until the FBI, the State Department and Homeland Security get fully engaged in the murders of Americans in Mexico, it will be the responsibility of local sheriffs to keep the peace on the border. And that's just the way it is.”