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Juarez kidnapping case opens Pandora’s box for Congressman Silvestre Reyes

Posted by Bill Conroy - June 25, 2008 at 12:57 am

New details have surfaced concerning the recent kidnapping of a U.S. Congressman’s relative in Juarez that provide a clearer picture of the crime, and the U.S. government’s involvement, than was reported earlier this week by Narco News.

The additional details are outlined in an internal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) document that Narco News has obtained. That document raises a new set of troubling questions related to the U.S. government’s role in the incident. The revelations in the document also may well thrust the U.S. Congressman into a potentially explosive political quagmire – along with the leadership of the U.S. law enforcement agency that made the calls in this case.

The ICE document, addressed to the head of ICE, Julie Myers, makes clear that the woman who was abducted in Juarez is a “relativeâ€