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<>.<>.<> Los Angeles, Alta California <>.<>.<>
March 3, 2004
Vigilante murderers of Mexican mother and daughter remain at large
The savage clubbing to death, on a street in Fremont,
California, of 39 year old Maria Esperanza Hernandez
and of her 19 year old daughter Maria del Carmen
Castillo Hernandez on February 1, 2004 remains "under
investigation" says Police Chief Craig Steckler.
The predominantly White police department has
apparently run out of leads. Two weeks ago they issued
a plea to the public for assistance in solving the
murders. The situation has led 24 year old Esteban P.
Gutierrez of Fremont to ask "are the white cops in
charge of the investigation just dragging their feet?"
Francisco Mendoza, 45 years old, added, "I don't
think this would be the situation if a witness had
seen a Black man doing the same to an Anglo mother
and daughter!"
Mexican undocumented immigrants who suffer these fates do not receive justice, even from elected representatives like State Senator Gil Cedillo. Senator Cedillo has apparently been exploiting the heinous murders of the defenseless Mexican women to push for his driver's license agreement, for undocumented workers, with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Senator Gil Cedillo has been rallying at the site of the murders almost on a weekly basis and leading chants such as "What do we want?" "Licenses." "When do we want them?" "Now!"
Senator Gil Cedillo set up a group called
"Voluntarios de la Comunidad" who pretend to care for
justice for the murdered women but whose real motive
is actually to push for driver's licenses. La Voz de
Aztlan called two representatives of "Voluntarios de
la Comunidad" and neither wanted to speak about the
murders nor about the lack of diligence to
investigate them by the Fremont Police Department.
A call to the Sacramento office of State Senator Gil
Cedillo resulted in an even bigger disappointment.
The last thing we heard before his Chief of Staff
hung up was "Why don't you call the Fremont Police
Department?" Catch - 22!
Related La Voz de Aztlan News Bulletin sand Editorial:
"Vigilantes bludgeoned Mexican mother and daughter in Fremont, California"
"California public school teacher calls for violence against Mexican immigrants"
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