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Vanessa Guillén’s Fiancé Says ‘They Failed Us’ in First TV Interview

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonJune 15, 2021June 15, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonJune 15, 2021June 15, 202105097

Slain soldier Spc. Vanessa Guillén’s fiancé, Juan Cruz, appeared on ABC’s 20/20 on Friday, June 11 in his first TV appearance to discuss their relationship and the aftermath of her death. The interview comes in the wake of the announcement that...

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Ice Cream Vendor Beaten in Racist Attack in California

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonMay 12, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonMay 12, 2021011046

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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Woman Who Attacked Latino Flower Vendor Arrested

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonApril 27, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonApril 27, 2021020103

Ernesto Francisco, 28, a street vendor selling flowers in Inglewood, California, was attacked by a stranger outside of Inglewood Cemetery on Sunday, April 25, and it’s now been confirmed by authorities that his attacker was arrested by Inglewood Police Department...

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Mexican-American Elderly Woman Beaten After Mistaken for Being Asian

Virginia IsaadApril 19, 2021September 19, 2022

by Virginia IsaadApril 19, 2021September 19, 202205257

Warning: Images may be disturbing and upsetting Amid the ongoing violence against the Asian community, an elderly Mexican-American woman, mistaken for being Asian, was attacked on Friday in Los Angeles. The woman only been identified only as Becky, 70, and...

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Family Demands Justice After 18-Year-Old Latina’s Body Found in Riverbed

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonApril 16, 2021May 6, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonApril 16, 2021May 6, 2021011752

The body of 18-year-old Aisha Nava Míreles was found under a bridge in Los Angeles on March 29, 2021, and despite clear signs of a struggle and her family’s suspicions that she was kidnapped and murdered, police have closed the...

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Fresno Street Vendor Killed ‘Execution-Style’, Shooter Still Unknown

Virginia IsaadMarch 22, 2021March 23, 2021

by Virginia IsaadMarch 22, 2021March 23, 2021018975

Violence against street vendors remains an issue with their exposure keeping them vulnerable to violent attacks. Over the weekend 45-year-old Lorenzo Perez was shot and later died in the hospital from his injuries according to Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama....

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Miami Doctor Charged with Hate Crime After Violently Attacking Latino

Virginia IsaadFebruary 25, 2021

by Virginia IsaadFebruary 25, 202104143

Racist attacks against the Latinos/as in the U.S. is unfortunately not a rarity with Spanish speakers often getting targeted in public spaces by racist bigots. A far-right, Trump supporter and doctor in Miami was arrested and charged with a hate...

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Reports of Hate Crimes Against Latinos Steadily Increasing

Virginia IsaadNovember 17, 2020

by Virginia IsaadNovember 17, 202003982

According to a newly released report on hate crimes from the FBI, reported hate crimes against the Latino community (including assaults and robberies) increased from 485 in 2018 to 527 in 2019. Law enforcement agencies reported that 4,784 single-bias hate crime...

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13-Year-Old Brayan Zavala Shot and Killed in Front of Family in Georgia

Virginia IsaadOctober 22, 2020October 22, 2020

by Virginia IsaadOctober 22, 2020October 22, 2020012947

Brayan Zavala was helping his father and brother fix a lawnmower in front of their home in a mobile home park in Clayton County, Georgia when a man walked up and shot him. The 13-year-old died in their arms, and...

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Austin Police Arrest Suspects in Murder of Ice Cream Vendor Adelaido Bernabe Urias

Virginia IsaadAugust 6, 2020August 6, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 6, 2020August 6, 2020012367

Adelaido Bernabe Urias was a 70-year-old paletero from Guerrero, Mexico who was working his usual shift on June 23 in north Austin when he was killed. While pushing his cart though an apartment complex, he was shot during a robbery...

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Street Vendors Are Being Attacked in LA for Social Fame

Araceli CruzApril 30, 2020July 24, 2020

by Araceli CruzApril 30, 2020July 24, 2020016369

We're living in a pandemic, and this is what our community has to endure?...