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‘We just want to be treated like humans’: how a Latino neighborhood is rallying after an ICE shooting
The murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo shook Houston’s Magnolia Park but strengthened bonds in a barrio grappling with gentrification and history of police violence The vigil on Canal Street has grown every night since 7 July. It began when two neighbors nailed white roses to a utility pole. Within hours, streams of people brought candles and carnations. By the seventh night, the sidewalk was enveloped by votive candles painted with the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexican flags flapping alongside Texas …
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