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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 398
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WHEREAS, On September 26, 2014, forty-three college students |
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from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Normal School in Ayotzinapa, |
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Guerrero, Mexico, disappeared in Iguala, Mexico; and |
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WHEREAS, The Ayotzinapa students were mostly teenagers and |
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young men from poor, rural, campesino families who were training |
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to become rural teachers and serve the indigenous and |
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disadvantaged in their community; and |
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WHEREAS, It has been estimated that 25,000 to 26,000 people |
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have disappeared in Mexico since 2006, and those who disappear |
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often include the very vulnerable, such as the poor, migrants, |
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women, and children; and |
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WHEREAS, There has been an international outcry regarding |
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the missing students in Mexico from, among others, the United |
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Nations, the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the European |
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Parliament, and the international human rights community; and |
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WHEREAS, Parents of the Ayotzinapa students are visiting |
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Austin on March 18, 19, and 20, 2015, as part of the Caravana 43 |
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and will also visit several other cities in the United States; and |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas adds its voice |
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to those in the international community who are deeply |
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concerned about the missing college students from Mexico; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the grieving |
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families of the missing students from Ayotzinapa; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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the families of those students as an expression of deepest |
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sympathy from the Texas Senate. |
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Garcia |
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| Bettencourt |
Hancock |
Rodríguez |
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| Birdwell |
Hinojosa |
Schwertner |
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| Campbell |
Huffman |
Taylor of Galveston |
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| Creighton |
Kolkhorst |
Taylor of Collin |
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Patrick, President of the Senate |
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________________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 19, 2015, by a |
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rising vote. |
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________________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |