India, April 17 -- Patty Morin, the mother of murdered Maryland woman Rachel Morin, slammed the state's Sen Chris Van Hollen for traveling to El Salvador. This comes after, Victor Martinez-Hernandez, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, was convicted of murder and rape in Rachel Morin's death.

"I just don't understand this," Patty Morin said at a White House press briefing, where she was described as a 'special guest'. She further accused Van Hollen of 'barely acknowledging' Rachel's death, but 'using tax money to travel to El Salvador'.

Morin said she was outraged that 'a senator from Maryland who didn't even acknowledge - or barely acknowledged my daughter and the brutal death that she endured, leaving her five children without a mo...