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Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian 

 

 

 

Cii?nc?ia Forense Ciudadana
Vot?es Contra el ()lvidio

 

 

Senator Marco Rubio

Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC

 

 
 
   
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

Senator Rubioiver this letter to You on behalf of Ciencia Forense Ciudadana.  i -- 

organizations made up of family members of the forcibly disappeared I 

Latino presidential candidates in the U.S., and as Chairman of the As i

 

 

Rights and Global Women's Issues, we urge you to publicly acknowledge affecting the Mexican and Central American communities in the U.S. af 3 
violence of the Drug War. We also ask that you pronounce your positipn   - 

training, and arming of the Mexican security forces by the U5. govern?  e?n?t

 



The enforced disappearances of 43 student teachers from Ayotzinapaiiln Se .3
attention to the hundreds of thousands of other acts of violence and Ilumja 
in Mexico since 2006, when the US. and Mexican governments escaldhed 
spent approximately $3 billion dollars since 2008 on the war on drugsi?ln
billion in arms to Mexico during this time. More than 100,000 have been rfri
war-related violence, and more than 25,000 forciny disappeared, hurfr I

their homes, many ?eeing to the S. as refugees, and many of them 




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Hemisohere Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human i

Issues, ?deals With all matters concerning US. relations With the coutrl  
This subcommittee's regii?ina responsibilities include all matters wt in .

including matters relating to: 1) ti,- rrorism and nonproliferation; (lecrlm 
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foreign assistance programs; and i 
You have preSided over two hearir?gs so far as Chairman of the subcpm 

rights Venezuela. and another concerning human rights in Cuba. hu~

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