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<><><> Los Angeles, Alta California <><><><>June 15, 2006
4 Charged in New York Anti-Mexican Immigrant Attack
Two Mexican immigrants fishing off a Long Island jetty were attacked by a group of white hoodlums who beat them and stole their money while using racial and ethnic slurs, police said.
The four thugs have been charged with robbery and assault as hate crimes in connection with the Monday night attack. They were arraigned Wednesday in a Suffolk County court.
Authorities identified the criminals as Nicholas Provenzano, 19; Daniel Sturgis, 19, and Jesse Lee Ward, 18, all of Rocky Point. A 16- year-old also was charged.
Long Island has been the site of other anti-Mexican hate incidents. In two other incidents, Mexican men were beaten by two locals in Farmingville who promised them work. On July 4, 2003, a Mexican family barely escaped with their lives after white arsonists set their Farmingville house ablaze.
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