Bobby Salcedo - El Monte School Board Member killed in Mexico

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/01/mexico.us.killing/
California school administrator among victims of Mexican violence

(CNN) -- The bodies of six men -- including a California educator -- were found Thursday in the north-central Mexican state of Durango, hours after they had been abducted from a nearby restaurant, the man's relatives said Friday.

"He was needlessly and senselessly murdered," said Carlos Salcedo, 37, about his brother, Augustin Roberto "Bobby" Salcedo, of El Monte, east of Los Angeles.

Bobby Salcedo, 33, had traveled with his wife to visit her family in Gomez Palacio, his brother said. They were eating in a restaurant Wednesday night when armed men barged in, forced everyone onto the floor and abducted all six men who were in the party, Carlos Salcedo told CNN in a telephone interview.

At 7 a.m. Thursday, police notified his sister-in-law that they had found her husband's body in a local ravine with bullet wounds to the head and chest, he said.

"All indications are that this was just random, a violent act, just a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time," he told reporters in El Monte.

"What we really want to do is just shed a light on this incident and the senseless, violent acts that are happening across the border from us and really just put a spotlight on this and make sure that we find justice."

"He was a brilliant, a bright star for our community, and he as taken from us," said El Monte Mayor Andre Quintero of Salcedo, who served on the city school district board. "He was stolen from us and now we need to hold them accountable for what they did."

A man who answered the phone at Gomez Palacio's Secretariat of Protection and Roads said no one was available Friday to discuss the matter.

Violence in Mexico has been heightened in recent years by drug-related disputes. The country ended 2009 with a record number of drug-related deaths, exceeding the record tally reached in 2008, unofficial counts indicate.

The government has not released official figures, but national media say 7,600 Mexicans lost their lives in the war on drugs in 2009. Mexican President Felipe Calderon said earlier this year that 6,500 Mexicans died in drug violence in 2008.

The vast majority of the deaths have been among criminals, not civilians, Calderon and other Mexican officials have said repeatedly.

Though the family has received no official word about whether the killing was related to drugs, "We imagine it had something to do with it," Salcedo's sister, Griselda, said in a telephone interview.

The siblings' father was a Mexican laborer in the 1950s who emigrated to the United States with his wife and made home in East Los Angeles. As their family grew, "education was a number one priority," Carlos Salcedo said. "Every single one of us went to university and graduated -- a bachelor's and four master's."

Roberto Salcedo, who was in the middle of his dissertation on educational leadership, took that a step further and was a doctoral candidate at UCLA, served on the El Monte elementary school board and worked as assistant principal at El Monte High School.

Carlos Salcedo served on the high school board.

When the soccer team of a high school where Roberto Salcedo had worked won a regional championship, "he raised money to get them all championship rings" at $500 apiece for 30 players, Carlos Salcedo said.

Among his younger brother's legacy are former students who have gone on to become teachers in the school district, he said. And his focus on education has left an even stronger imprint on at least one former student. "Somebody had posted on his Facebook, 'I'm going to finish my Ph.D. in your honor,' " Salcedo said.

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[lubenrox]

they stole our future? there is a lot of people with more future...he is 33 and a board member...we still have valedictorians in the hs who will live out his legacy...my friend said that he ddnt wanna go to mexico and his wife made him

[VronRN2]

lubenrox, he was more than a school board member. Bobby was a community star and activist.. a teacher and vice principal.. someone who did a lot of charity work too. Ironically, he did a tremendous amount of charity work for Gomez-Palacio.. same place where he was murdered. Such a tragedy. He touched a lot of lives and I hope that his legacy will live on through his students and those who knew him.

[lubenrox]

i know now that i read what i wrote it sounds pretty deuchy...wasnt gomez-palacio a sister city of el monte?

[VronRN2]

Yes.. Gomez-Palacio was a sister city of South El Monte.

I knew what you meant. =) There are awesome people touched by Bobby who will live out his legacy.

[VronRN2]

Bobby was past president of the South El Monte-Gomez Palacio sister cities organization and raised money for scholarships, clinics, firefighters, orphanages and playgrounds. How sad that he was murdered in the very same city. =(

[RayMinkle]

Thank You Bobby for the footprint you left on our beloved "El Monte". The spirit your death and LIFE has ignited just might focus on the horrible violence that occurs not only south of the boarder but much too often and with far too much frequency. The USA and Mexican Governments must take the steps to stop such senseless killing. God Bless You Bobby Salcedo and your dear family. Ray Minkle, EMHS Class of 1971, Fort Smith Arkansas

[VronRN2]

RayMinkle.. I agree with you 100%. I see it that way too.. maybe Bobby's death and life is the spark that will cause change and awareness. That is what I hope now.

[ejrizo]

We will miss you Bobby

[jgmilly97]

Mr. Salcedo you will truly be missed..as your former history high school student..this has truly been a shock to me..and im so devastated and saddened that this happened to such a nice person as you were..R.I.P...May God take you to his kingdom..My condolences go out to his family and loved ones...God Bless you all..

[MOPARGEORGE]

This is why I will NEVER EVER visit Mexico again. Sad.

[12latin12]

They I think that the people he was with in Mexico were doing dirty business and since he was those people they tool him to

[MEEDDIE4]

i knew him he was kool

[fr3shmanny92]

R.I.P

[dirtybirdy626]

@RayMinkle You Said It Well Ray Hope Something Can Change.. For the Better.. !

[iizweird1]

Bobby one day there will be justice i bet my life on that.

[Danny8899D]

well he looked like a narco.

[Danny8899D]

@whatyathinknow your Retarded!!

[BoySluggo]

@whatyathinknow You are a dumb idiot.

1. Mexico is ranked 32 of 195 countries of the world  "quality of life index"

2. Most Mexicans are half white (spaniard)

3. Mexico was already most advanced civiization(mayans,aztecs) b4 whiteman came .

4. You are a retard