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El Paso Walmart Shooter Sentenced to 90 Consecutive Life Terms

Anna OrtegaJuly 19, 2023July 19, 2023

by Anna OrtegaJuly 19, 2023July 19, 202302394

The 2019 El Paso Walmart shooting that left 23 dead was a tragic example of the xenophobia and racism that the Latinx community faces and it remains the deadliest attack against U.S. Latinxs in modern history. The 23 who died...

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Latina Judge Esther Salas Celebrates New Privacy Law After Son’s Murder

Anna OrtegaDecember 27, 2022May 25, 2023

by Anna OrtegaDecember 27, 2022May 25, 202304666

Back in July 2020, U.S. District Judge Esther Salas’ only son Daniel Anderl was shot and killed and since then she’s been on a mission to protect the privacy of federal judges. Her husband, Mark Anderl, and her son were...

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A Lesbian Couple from Texas Was Tortured & Killed in Mexico; Suspects Arrested

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonJanuary 31, 2022

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonJanuary 31, 2022023365

Violence against women and members of the LGBTQIA+ continues throughout Latin America and the rate is startling even with just a month into the new year. Recently, a lesbian couple from Texas was found dismembered and killed in the city...

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‘Soho Karen’ Miya Ponsetto Pleads Not Guilty to Hate Crime Charges

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonJuly 1, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonJuly 1, 2021016634

Miya Ponsetto, 22, made headlines back in late December when she tackled a 14-year-old Black boy in the lobby of a Soho hotel in New York City after wrongly accusing him of stealing her cell phone which was later found...

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Ice Cream Vendor Beaten in Racist Attack in California

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonMay 12, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonMay 12, 2021011920

Another Latino street vendor has been attacked in California in what is starting to feel like targeted attacks on vendors. Ice cream vendor Emilio Hernández was attacked by Mack Jackson, 42, at a gas station in National City, California, near...

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Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Arrested for Allegedly Burning BLM Banner

Virginia IsaadJanuary 6, 2021

by Virginia IsaadJanuary 6, 202109050

Enrique Tarrio was arrested earlier this week in Washington, DC, for allegedly burning a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a Black church last month during local protests after a “Stop the Steal” rally. The Cuban-American leader of the Proud...

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Latina Street Vendor Run Over in Apparent Intentional Act of Violence

Virginia IsaadOctober 21, 2020October 22, 2020

by Virginia IsaadOctober 21, 2020October 22, 20200568548

Street vendors are common throughout California, becoming familiar and beloved figures in some neighborhoods. However, their visibility also means they can easily be targeted in racist crimes as a majority of street vendors in the state are Latin American. Marlen...

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Latinas Attacked by White Women for Speaking Spanish in Boston

Virginia IsaadFebruary 26, 2020July 23, 2020

by Virginia IsaadFebruary 26, 2020July 23, 202002682

A Latina and her 15-year-old daughter were “brutally assaulted” by two white women in East Boston near the subway station on Feb. 15 reportedly for speaking Spanish, according to a local NBC affiliate. The mother, who only wants to be...

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El Paso Walmart Shooter Charged with Hate Crimes

Virginia IsaadFebruary 7, 2020July 22, 2020

by Virginia IsaadFebruary 7, 2020July 22, 202002301

The Department of Justice charged the man accused of killing 22 people and injuring 23 others during the Walmart shooting in El Paso Aug.3, 2019 with 90 federal charges, including 45 federal hate crimes after he reportedly targeted the Latinx...

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Latino Man Doused With Acid Claims He Was a Victim of Hate Crime

Araceli CruzNovember 5, 2019July 13, 2020

by Araceli CruzNovember 5, 2019July 13, 2020018224

Mahud Villalaz and his family are still reeling from a horrific act of violence, which he is calling a hate crime. The 42-year-old father of two young boys endured burns to his face and neck on Friday night after a...

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Muhlaysia Booker: We Need to Talk About the Murder of Black Transgender Women

Johanna FerreiraMay 20, 2019August 7, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraMay 20, 2019August 7, 202002174

Video footage of a Black transgender woman named Muhlaysia Booker being brutally beaten in a Dallas parking lot went viral in April, which police later investigated as a possible hate crime. A month later, Booker was shot to death. The...

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Jussie Smollet Shouldn’t Discredit Other Hate Crime Victims

HipLatinaFebruary 22, 2019August 14, 2020

by HipLatinaFebruary 22, 2019August 14, 20200936

I’ve been having a hard time wrapping my head around this Jussie Smollett situation. A part of me didn’t want to believe it at first. After all, why would someone fake a hate crime? More so, how could someone who...