U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas Is Carjacked by Three Armed Attackers A couple of Mile From the Capitol

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas Is Carjacked by Three Armed Attackers A couple of Mile From the Capitol

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, speaks throughout a marketing campaign occasion, Wednesday, Could 4, 2022, in San Antonio. (AP Photograph/Eric Homosexual)

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar was carjacked by three armed attackers however was unhurt, the Texas Democrat’s workplace mentioned.

Cuellar’s chief of employees Jacob Hochberg launched an announcement Monday night time saying: “As Congressman Cuellar was parking his automotive this night, 3 armed assailants approached the Congressman and stole his automobile. Fortunately, he was not harmed and is working with native regulation enforcement.”

Hochberg mentioned police recovered Cuellar’s automobile.

The Washington Submit reported that the theft occurred in Washington’s Navy Yard space, a couple of mile from the U.S. Capitol.

Monday’s carjacking was the second assault on a member of Congress within the District of Columbia this 12 months. In February, Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota was assaulted in her condominium constructing, struggling bruises whereas escaping severe harm. Her chief of employees mentioned the assault didn’t look like politically motivated.

In June, Kendrid Khalil Hamlin pleaded responsible in that case to costs of assaulting a member of Congress and assaulting regulation enforcement officers. Hamlin was additionally accused of assaulting two officers as they tried to arrest him on the day of Craig’s assault.