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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot express the sorrow felt at the loss of |
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United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent |
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Jaime Jorge Zapata, who was killed on February 15, 2011, at the age |
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of 32; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on May 7, 1978, in Brownsville to Amador |
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Zapata, Jr., and Mary Zapata-Munoz, Jaime Zapata graduated from The |
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University of Texas at Brownsville in 2005 with a degree in criminal |
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justice; he joined Immigration and Customs Enforcement the |
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following year; and |
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WHEREAS, Agent Zapata was assigned to the Office of the |
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Deputy Special Agent in Charge in Laredo, and served on the Human |
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Smuggling and Trafficking Unit as well as the Border Enforcement |
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Security Task Force; he recently was detailed to ICE's attache |
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office at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City; and |
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WHEREAS, A kind and generous individual who enjoyed hunting |
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and fishing with his many friends and who cherished his fiancee, |
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Stacye Joyner, Agent Zapata was always ready to help those in need; |
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he was known for his dedication to duty and to the job he loved; and |
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WHEREAS, More than 1,000 mourners gathered at Agent Zapata's |
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funeral, including Victor Avila, who survived the attack that |
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killed his colleague; speaking at the funeral were Homeland |
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Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, U.S. Attorney General Eric |
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Holder, and ICE Director John Morton; and |
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WHEREAS, Jaime Zapata was a courageous agent who gave his |
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life in the line of duty; his heroism remains vivid in the hearts of |
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those who cared for him and in the minds of those who remember the |
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tragic events of that fateful day; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Immigration and |
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Customs Enforcement Special Agent Jaime Jorge Zapata and extend |
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sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his parents, |
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Amador Zapata, Jr., and Mary Zapata-Munoz; to his fiancee, Stacye |
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Joyner; to his brothers, Amador Zapata III and his wife, Claudia, |
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Carlos Ismael Zapata and his wife, Claudia, Jose Israel Zapata and |
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his wife, Yazmina, and Erick William Zapata; to his aunts and |
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uncles, Maria Adelina Guerra and her husband, Raul, Jorge Luis |
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Zapata and his wife, Rosa, Alma Diana Canales and her husband, |
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Romeo, Alfredo Munoz and his wife, Rosalinda, Felix Munoz and his |
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wife, Diana, Norberto Munoz and his wife, Sara, Jose Joaquin Munoz |
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and his wife, Rachel, Ralph R. Munoz and his wife, Belinda, and |
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Pablo Munoz and his wife, Elda; and to his other relatives and many |
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friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Jaime Jorge |
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Zapata. |