Cristina Jimenez

Remember Marcelo Lucero

Ted Hesson, Long Island Wins blogger writes:

This coming Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero, who was killed by a group of teens in Patchogue, NY on Nov. 8, 2008. Lucero's attackers told police that they would routinely go "beaner jumping" -- which meant they would hunt down and assault Latinos. One of the defendants said, "I don't go out doing this very often, maybe once a week

In addition to a series of video interviews to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Lucero's death, Long Island Wins is sponsoring a "Remember Marcelo" blogging event, where we're calling on bloggers from across the country to write a post about Marcelo on Thursday, November 5, or Friday, November 6.

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Posted at 4:52 PM, Nov 05, 2009 in Immigration
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