Juarez Kidnapping Case Opens Pandora’s Box for Congressman Silvestre Reyes

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 “relative” of the wife of U.S. Representative Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, chair of the House Intelligence Committee — which has some oversight responsibilities for the Department of Homeland Security, the parent department of ICE.

From the ICE document, dated June 23, 2008:

On June 22, 2008, ICE Assistant Attaché Juarez reported that kidnapping victim Erika Posselt was recovered by Mexican officials. … Assistant Attaché Juarez agents continue to coordinate investigative leads with Mexican officials to identify the subjects of this investigation. Due to the sensitive nature of this incident, please do not disclose outside of ICE.

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