82R26873 MGR-D
By: Gonzales of Hidalgo H.R. No. 1801
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Words cannot express the sorrow felt at the loss of
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent
Jaime Jorge Zapata, who was killed on February 15, 2011, at the age
of 32; and
WHEREAS, Born on May 7, 1978, in Brownsville to Amador
Zapata, Jr., and Mary Zapata-Munoz, Jaime Zapata graduated from The
University of Texas at Brownsville in 2005 with a degree in criminal
justice; he joined Immigration and Customs Enforcement the
following year; and
WHEREAS, Agent Zapata was assigned to the Office of the
Deputy Special Agent in Charge in Laredo, and served on the Human
Smuggling and Trafficking Unit as well as the Border Enforcement
Security Task Force; he recently was detailed to ICE's attache
office at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City; and
WHEREAS, A kind and generous individual who enjoyed hunting
and fishing with his many friends and who cherished his fiancee,
Stacye Joyner, Agent Zapata was always ready to help those in need;
he was known for his dedication to duty and to the job he loved; and
WHEREAS, More than 1,000 mourners gathered at Agent Zapata's
funeral, including Victor Avila, who survived the attack that
killed his colleague; speaking at the funeral were Homeland
Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, U.S. Attorney General Eric
Holder, and ICE Director John Morton; and
WHEREAS, Jaime Zapata was a courageous agent who gave his
life in the line of duty; his heroism remains vivid in the hearts of
those who cared for him and in the minds of those who remember the
tragic events of that fateful day; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Immigration and
Customs Enforcement Special Agent Jaime Jorge Zapata and extend
sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his parents,
Amador Zapata, Jr., and Mary Zapata-Munoz; to his fiancee, Stacye
Joyner; to his brothers, Amador Zapata III and his wife, Claudia,
Carlos Ismael Zapata and his wife, Claudia, Jose Israel Zapata and
his wife, Yazmina, and Erick William Zapata; to his aunts and
uncles, Maria Adelina Guerra and her husband, Raul, Jorge Luis
Zapata and his wife, Rosa, Alma Diana Canales and her husband,
Romeo, Alfredo Munoz and his wife, Rosalinda, Felix Munoz and his
wife, Diana, Norberto Munoz and his wife, Sara, Jose Joaquin Munoz
and his wife, Rachel, Ralph R. Munoz and his wife, Belinda, and
Pablo Munoz and his wife, Elda; and to his other relatives and many
friends; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Jaime Jorge
Zapata.